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On the evening of May toth, 1917, 
at a regular meeting of THE AQUARIUM 
Society oF WasHIncTon, Mr. Titus 
Ulke exhibited a very beautiful specimen 
of the Slimy Salamander (P. glutino- 
sus), which he had collected at Har- 
per’s Ferry, Va., a few days before. Mr. 
Ulke kindly loaned me this specimen for 
a day or so, and during that time I suc- 
ceeded in obtaining some very excellent 
photographs of it; one of these is here 
shown to illustrate my notes. It will be 
observed that this specimen presents 
very unusual markings for the species, 
the white speckling on the upper parts 
being very numerous. However, the 
Slimy Salamander is known to show 
great variation in this particular, some 
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individuals being like the one in the cut, 
others having very few fine speckles, 
while still others are blotched with the 
light color marking. Sometimes the 
speckling 1s moderately continued onto 
the ventral aspect of the animal, where 
the general color is of a deep lead color 
or stone gray; for the rest, it is a rich 
black, as shown in the cut. The tail is 
round; the eyes conspicuously promi- 
nent, the species being a slender one of 
moderate size. 
This specimen measured about five 
inches in length, half of which being de- 
voted to the tail. This Salamander has 
rather a wide range, being found from 
southern Canada to Florida and west- 
ward to include Texas. In some sections 
