170 



BULLETIN 34, UNITED STATES NATION A.L MUSEUM. 



Measurements of 



Lengtb,measarecl along axis of body: 



From snout to gape 22 



From snout to gular fold 50 



From snout to armpit 75 



From snout to groin 2.08 



From snout to behind anus 2. 35 



From snout to end of tail 5. 05 



Tail 2.70 



Head: 



Width of bead 33 



Width of tongue 15 



Length of tongue 22 



Length of orbit 15 



Distance between eyes anteriorly . 20 

 Distance between outer nostrils . 15 

 Distance between inner nostrils . 10 



No. 3716, in inches. 

 Body: 



Circumference of belly 1. 10 



Distance between armpit and 



groin 1.35 



Tail : 



Height of tail where highest.. . . 25 

 Breadth of tail where highest . . .19 

 Limbs: 



Free portion of longest finger .. 

 From elbow to tip of longest 



finger 



Free portion of longest toe 15 



From knee to tip of longest toe . 51 

 Distance between outstretched 

 toes 1.65 



11 



40 



Spelerpes longicaudus Green. 



Catalogue 



No. of 



number. 



spec. 



8842 



2 



3735 



1 



3732 



3 



88-tG 



1 



8821 



1 



8803 



1 



8826 



1 



3860 



2 



4085 



3 



11456 



1 



14447 



1 



3716 



5 



3730 



1 



3731 



3 



3739 



3 







Locality. 



CinciDnati, Ohio 



Columbus, Ohio 



Meadville, Pa 



Oincinnafi, Ohio.. 



Union County, Tenn 



Augnst.'i, Ga 



Franklin County, Tenn . 



Pittsburgh, Pa .' 



Lancaster, Ohio 



Carlisle, Pa 



Wytheville, Va 



Cailisle, Pa 



Highland County, Ohio . 

 West Northfleld', 111.... 



Southern Illinois 



Washington, D. C 



When 

 collected. 



From whom received. 



J. N. B. Scarborough... 



Willlania 



J. N. U. Scarborough.. 

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William Phillips 



J. N. 15. Scarborough.. 



1885 

 1849 



Professor Losquereux . . 



Col. M. McDonald. 



S. F. liaird 



Matthews 



II. Kennioott 



do 



Dr. E. E. Gait 



Nature of speci- 

 men. 



klcobolic. 

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SPELERPES GUTTOLINEATUS Holbrook. 



Baird, Journ. Ac, Phila. (2), i, p. 287; Cope, Proc. Ac. Phila., 1869, p. 

 107 ; Strauch, Salam., p. 82; Graj', Cat. Batr. Grad. Brit. Mus., cd. i, 

 p. 45; Hallow., Journ. Ac. Phila., iv, 346; Boulenger, Cat. Batr. 

 Grad. Brit. Mus., ed. ii, 1882, p. 65. 



Salamandra guttolincata Holbr,, N. A. Herp., v, p. 29, PI. 7. 

 Cylindrosoma guttoUneatum Dum. &Bibr., p. 79. 



This species iu its general proportions, sliape, etc., is very similar to 

 iS. longicaudus. It appears to be ratlier stouter, and the head a little 

 broader. The eyes are larger, the toes shorter, etc. Tiie protuberances 

 of the upper lip are rather larger, which gives a more emarginated out- 

 line to tbe jaw when viewed from before. 



There are thirteen well-marlvcd costal grooves, a fourteenth falling 

 just above the insertion of the arm. The most posterior falls in the 

 groin. 



This species is of a brownish-yellow above, beginning at the muzzle, 

 including the upper eyelids and extending to the tip of the tail. On 

 the back it occupies nearly one-third the circumference of the body. It 



