THE BATEACHIA OP NORTH AMERICA. 



157 



Head: 



Width of head 55 



Width of tongue 25 



Length of orbit 20 



Distance between eyes anteri- 

 orly 30 



Distance between outer nostrils. . 24 

 Distance between iuuer nostrils. . 15 



Body : 



Circunifereuce of belly 1. 85 



Distance between armpit and 

 groin 2.20 



Tail : 



* Height of tail where highest.. . . 40 

 Breadth of tail where highest.. . 35 

 Liuibs : 



Free portion of longest tiuger.. . 14 

 From elbow to tip of lougest 



tiuger , 45 



■ Free portion of lougest toe IG 



From knee to tip of longest toe. . 60 

 Distance between outstretched 



toes 1.90 



Height of body 51 



Width (iO 



There can be little doubt that, as Baird has suggested, this is the 

 Salamandra ijorphyritica of Green. The angulation and pale color of 

 tlie canthus rostralis is described accurately as well as the color of the 

 body. The large larva, 4 inches long, is only referable to this species. 

 The ChondroUis microstomus, which Holbrook and Hallowell have im- 

 agined to be Green's species, is 'not indicated by Green's description. 

 It is not so large, has not the canthus rostralis, the larva is very smali, 

 and the coloration is quite different. Green's figure represents it well, 

 though WidAmbly stoma jeffersonianum on the same plate is represented as 

 larger— a relation of size the reverse of what usually holds in nature. 



This is the only one of our Eastern salamanders which attempts self- 

 defense. It snaps fiercely, but harmlessly, and throws its body into con- 

 tortions iff terrorem. It prefers the coolest localities throughout the 

 Alleghany mountain region, from New York to Alabama. It is aquatic, 

 bun prefers the still waters of swamps or springs to running streams. 

 It is common in the region whence Green procured it, while G. micro- 

 stomus is rare, if existing at all. 



Gijrinophilas porpliyriticus Green. 

 KESERVE SEPJES. 



Catalogue 

 uuLubur. 



8JGG 

 i!874 

 3«i0 

 3817 

 3«52 

 3974 

 8260 

 3841 

 3878 

 3749 

 12705 

 3842 

 3!74 

 8812 



471G 

 14468 

 11473 

 3869 

 3868 

 4716 



No. of 

 spec. 



Locality. 



Carlisle, Pa 



do 



Cannonsbuigli, Pa ... . 



Foxburgh, Pa 



Meadvilb,', Pa 



Columbus; Ohio 



Carlisle, Pa 



Poxburgh, l*a 



Upper jaiues River 



Riceborongh, Ga 



Lo9koutMoaiitaiu,Teuu 

 Adiroiuiacli, N. Y 



When 

 collected. 



1874 



Columbia, S. C . 



Abbeville, S. C . 



Carlisle, Pa 



& 



Meadville, Pa. . 



do 



Upper Georgia 



l^Iar. — , 1882 



Erom wliom received. 



Prof. S. E. Baird 



do 



Dr. .1. Greea 



Prof. S. F. Baird 



Profes.sor Williams. . 

 Prof. L. Lesquereux. 



Prof. S. F. Baird 



do 



do 



W.K.Eoe 



S. F. Baird 



E. Samuels 



Dr. George H. Mo ran, 

 U. S. A. 



Dr. Barrett 



Prof. S. F. Baird 



(?) 



Professor Williams 



do 



Dr. W. L. Jones 



Nature of spec- 

 imen. 



Alcdbolic. 

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