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P. glutinosus, Green. Gray Spotted or Viscid S. 



Above glossy black with very small gray spots; lateral spots larger; 

 costal furrows 14; spotted below; in moist places; color varying with age, 

 there being fewer spots on old specimens; not common. 



Hemidactylium, Tschudi. 



H. scutatum, Schlegel. Four-toed Salamander. 



" Color above, brown, muzzle yellowish, limbs and tail orange brown; up- 

 per surface with black spots on each side scattered irregularly; beneath 

 white with patchy black spots," Smith. Rare; "Racine." Hoy. Habits, 

 Insectivorous. 



Spelerpes, Rafinesque. 



S. ruber, Daudin. Red Salamander. Red Triton. 



Color above, intense red with small roundish black spots; color less 

 marked beneath; head triangular; costal grooves 14-16; L. 5 inches; tail 

 about 2; in damp and unfrequented swamps of southern half of state; not 

 rare. 



S. longicaudus, Green. Cave or Long Tailed S. 



YeUow spotted with dark; below spotless, yellowish; head oval; costal 

 furrows 13; L. 5 inches; tail 3-3^ inches; Walworth county; Racine," Hoy; 

 rare. 



S. bilineatus, Green. Stripe-backed Salamander. 



Yellowish or darker with two (or three) longitudinal black hues; below 

 yellowish and unspotted; costal grooves 14; L. 2-3 inches; tail 1^ inches; 

 two or three specimens have been reported from southern Wisconsin, 

 " Racine," Hoy; rare. 



