76 NEW- YORK FAUNA. 



Description. Head large, rather flat ; occiput broad, slightly protuberant ; snout obtuse, 

 rounded posteriorly ; rictus of the mouth wide, extending to the eyes. A cervical fold. Legs 

 short, strong, thick. Tail sub-quadrangular for the first two-thirds ; the remaining portion 

 abruptly compressed, pointed, with the edges carinate. 



Color. Blackish, or dark slate above ; inferior portion of the body obsoletely punctured with 

 dark spots, more evident on the sides. Legs externally of the color of the back. 



Length, 4 "5. 



Inliabits shallow streams. I am indebted to Dr. Harlan for the above description. It is 

 introduced here, as it has been seen both in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, and of course 

 may be presumed to inhabit this State. 



THE SALMON-COLORED SALAMANDER. 



Salamandra salmonea. 



plate xvi. fig. 39. — (state collection.) 



Salamandra satmonea. HoLBOOOK, N. Am. Herpetology, Vol.3, p. 101, pi. 22. * 



The Salmon-colored Salamander. Stoker, Mass. Report, p. 248. 



Characteristics. Reddish brown ; sides salmon-colored. A bright salmon-colored hne from 

 the eye to the snout. Length six to seven inches. 



Description, from a specimen preserved in spirits. Head flattened above, with the eyes 

 prominent and far apart. Teeth exceedingly numerous, acute and recurved in both jaws. 

 Tongue doubled back in the mouth, with a fold. Gular fold large, distinct. A vertebral 

 furrow, extending from behind the eyes to a point opposite the vent. Tail compressed, distinctly 

 carinate above, moderately so beneath. 



Color, from the description given by Dr. Storer, the original describer of this species. 

 Whole upper part of the body, head, legs and tail, yellowish brown ; sides of a salmon-color. 

 The entire surface of all the upper portion, as well as the sides, spotted with irregular greyish 

 markings, which are more obvious on the lighter colored sides. Beneath, head . and body 

 white ; light salmon-color beneath the tail. From the edge of the upper lip, just exterior to 

 the nostrils, arises a salmon-colored line, about a fourth of a line in width, which runs back 

 to the inner angle of the eye, and passing up over the eye, loses itself upon the middle of the 

 back part. 



Total length, 5'7. Length of fore feet, 0*5. 



Length of head and body,. 3-4. Ditto of the hind feet, 0-7. 



Ditto of the tail, 2-3. 



This beautifully colored Salamander was obligingly communicated to me by Prof. Emmons, 

 to whom I am under many similar obligations. All its beautiful tints disappear in spirits, 

 when it presents the following colors : Above mottled grey and brown, the former predomi- 



