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During the middle of April, 1917, I 
examined three specimens of the new 
salamander, Batrachoseps major, collect- 
ed by Mr. Charles Lewis Camp in Cali- 
fornia, and described by him in the Unt- 
versity of California Publications (Zool- 
ogy)**. These specimens were all alive 
and in fine condition, and shortly after 
they came into my temporary possession I 
made two five by eight negatives of them, 
all vertical view. One of these negatives 
has two specimens upon it, and the other 
three. The latter is rather the more in- 
teresting, and a photograph made from 
it is here reproduced, in that some idea 
of this new form may be obtained. It 
possesses an annulated tail, which is 
twice the length of its body, and fully as 
thick anteriorly. For a salamander, its 
limbs are rather long, and each foot nor- 
Three specimens of the Garden Salamander (Batrachoseps major) Camp. 
at one time lost his tail near the middle, and the part has been fully restored, a 
marked constriction being observed at the point of fracture. 
Photographed from life by the author; natural size. 
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All the live 
specimens I had had probably been kepi 
in confinement some two or three weeks, 
or maybe more. 
mally possesses four toes. 
This may accouunt for 
my finding their under-parts a pale pink- 
ish gray rather than “light yellow,” as 
given by Mr. Camp. The upper parts 
ane, dan<er, being of ay lelht shades oi 
brown, showing fine, transverse, zig-zag 
lines from side to side. Under some con- 
ditions all of these salamanders turned 
much darker, and then paler again, the 
interval being considerable and_ the 
change very gradual. The jaws are 
broadly rounded and the eyes somewhat 
prominent. 
*Read before the Aquarium Society of 
Washington, at its regular meeting, April 
12, 1917. 
“= Viol 25 Noy 2aepp 
L907. 
327-334, April 2, 
