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BULLETIN :jl, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Head — Coutiuued. 



From siiotit to gular Ibid coutained in distance from snout to groiu. .. - 3^ times 



l^istauco autoi'ioiiy between ejes in loujjth of orbit less than 2 times. 



Distance between external nostrils in length of orbit one orbit. 



Distance between iutorual nostrils iu lei gth of orbit one orbit 



Limbs: 



Free portion of longest finger contained in distanbe from elbow to 



tip about 2^ times. 



Free portion of longest toe cont'iined in distance from knee to tip 2.j times. 



Distance between outstretched toes in length from snout to groin., about e<iiial. 



Body: Ntimber of costal furrows (including axillary and inguinal) 12 



Measurements, in iiivhef 



Length, measured along axis of body : 



From snout to gape 20 



From snout to gnlar fold 44 



From snout to armpit 65 



From snout to groin L 50 



From snout to behind anus 1. 82 



From snout to end of tail., broken. 



Head : 



Width of head 30 



Width of tongue 17 



Length of orbit 12 



Distance between eyes auteri- 



orly 20 



Distance between outer nostrils . 12 

 Distance between inner nostrils. . 12 



armpit 



Body: Distance between 



and groin 



Tail : Height of tail where highest 

 Limbs : 



Free portion of longest iiuger.. 

 From elbow to tip of longest 



linger 



Free portion of longest toe 



From knee to tip of longest toe 

 Distance between outstretched 



toes 



Total length of a larger speci- 

 men 4in.4 1iu 



.00 



.18 



.15 



.39 



.20 

 .50 



1.50 



This species is found in suitable localities throughout Oregon aud 

 Washington, ranging as far east as Fort Walla Walla, and aven as far 

 as Fort Custer, near the Big Horn Eiver, Wyoming, from which a 

 specimen was brouglit by Ca[)t. Chas. Beudire. 



Numerous specimens from Fort Walla Walla and six from Fort 



Fig. 17. Amblystorna macrodactylum. No, 4042. Astoria.O regon. 



Klamath differ from those from more western regions iu the absence 

 of the dorsal color stripe. In some of the former the width of the 

 head enters the length to the groin 5.^ times, showing a narrower 

 form than in the typical form. In others of them the head has the 

 usual width. The single specimen from Fort Custer has the dorsal 

 band. A salamander from the Flathead River, Montana, was described 

 by Professor Peters under the name of Amblystorna Icraussii.* There 

 is nothing in the description to show that this specimen does not belong 



*'Sitzi\iig.sbiirichte der Gosellschaft Naturforsehende Freuude, Berlin, 18-i2, p. 145. 



