The Salamanders Found in the Vicin- 

 ity of New York City, with Notes upon 

 Extra- Limital or Allied Species. 



By William L. Sherwood. 



This list embraces all forms of Salamanders hitherto 

 found in this vicinity, and mentions others either on ac- 

 count of relationship or for comparison. 



Much of the following is now in print, but scattered 

 through various books, pamphlets or privately printed pa- 

 pers. I have endeavored to collate such information, and 

 have added thereto my personal observations, commenting 

 upon the varying opinions. I have freely consulted Pro- 

 fessor Cope's Batrachia of North America, Nicholson's 

 Manual of Zoology and W. H. Smith's Urodela and Cae- 

 cilia, and am indebted to Professor Simon H. Gage and 

 others for valuable suggestions. Wherever statements or 

 descriptions have been taken from other authors I have 

 endeavored to give full credit. 



Salamanders, on account of their secretive habits and, to 

 many, repulsiveness of form, have been little studied, most 

 of the work in this direction having been performed by the 

 professional naturalist. To most people any reptile or 

 batraehian is offensive, and is seen only to be destroyed, 

 although, of late years, the many published articles upon 

 the common toad and its value as an insect-destroyer have 

 tended to bring about kinder feelings. The draining of 

 lands and cutting of forests, as well as the increase of hu- 

 man habitation, have driven these animals further and fur- 

 ther away, and many of the land forms can now be found 



