MARBLED SALAMANDER 



DR. R. W. SHUFELDT, C. M. Z. S. 



This very beautiful species of our sal- 

 amanders I have had alive but once. 

 Last summer ( 19 16) one came into my 

 possession from a boy who, apparently, 

 had collected it somewhere in the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia. It was a male in 

 magnificent condition, with the peculiar 

 markings and color very pronounced. As 

 we know, this is the Marbled Salaman- 



der of our batrachian fauna, and in sci- 

 ence it has long been called Ambly stoma 

 opacuui, the name having been be- 

 stowed upon it by Gravenhorst. It is 

 a somewhat thickset, clumsy species, 

 well shown in the two reproductions 

 cf my photographs illustrating the 

 ] resent article. They are natural size, 

 from life, and show the markings well. 



