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Cayuga lake and about 40 feet over the roadway . . . two families 

 of four-toed salamanders were taken. One family consisted of a 

 single adult, a female, and three young, while the second included 

 a male, a female and three young, each about 1.8 cm long." 



"On October 9, 1916, three individuals were discovered at the 

 base of the same hillside, almost at a level with the roadway. Here 

 they were concealed beneath the stones, one specimen hiding upon 

 the earth surface, the other two having been unearthed from 

 burrows about 6 or 7 inches below the surface. About three weeks 

 later, on October 29th, five varying-sized individuals were taken 

 from beneath stones lying in a direct line- about half way up the 

 hillside." 



On October 28, 19 17, Henry Dietrich took two adult specimens 

 from beneath stones on Larch hill. R. F. Deckert ('14) records 

 Hemidactylium from Silver Lake Park where he says that it has 

 been repeatedly taken, usually in or under logs. 



Ditmars ('05) states that the species in the vicinity of New York 

 City is mostly distributed along the Palisades of the Hudson river. 

 Meams ('98) records a single specimen frcm the Hudson highlands 

 taken in October, 1896. In the collections of the State Museum is 

 a specimen from Orient Point, Long Island, received May 6, 191 1; 

 three specimens from Altamont, N. Y., taken October 12, 1906, and 

 a single individual from Elizabeth island. Lake George, taken by 

 the writer from beneat.i a log August 2, 191 7. 



Habitat 



Published accounts usually record this species frcm terrestrial 

 situations. According to Ditmars (ibid.), "It is strictly terrestrial 

 and inhabits timbered regions, where it hides under logs and stones." 

 By Sherwood ('95), it was found in the open woods where grass was 

 growing; "All were under stones and curled. Single specimens 

 taken at Harrington, N. J., from -under boards of logs about 5 feet 

 from a pond. Time of captures May and June." W. H. Smith 

 ('82) " . . . Found in April under old logs and rails in open woods 

 at some distance from the water." C. and H. Thompson, ('12) 

 state that specimens were "found (May 13, 1901) in earth on the 

 roots of a violet which had been pulled up "; " under loose moss "; 

 "April, 1902, under a log"; "one was just inside the bark of a rotten 

 stump." On Larch hill, near Ithaca, specimens were found under 

 stones and the bases of stiunps. Reed and Wright (ibid). 



