Family II. 



Vertebrae 



amphicaelous. 



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r Hemidactyliwn scutatum. 



Spelerpes ruber ruber. 



A7 . " 1 Spelerpes bilineatus. 



Vertebrae _f_ ... 



Flet/ioaon cinereus erythronoUis. 



PletJiodon cinereus cinereus. 



PletJiodon glutinosus. 



Family III. c 

 Ar , , ) Uesmognatlius ocrophoea. 



Vertebrae -I s r 



. ^. , i Desmognatlius fusca fusca. 



opisthocoelous. \ 



v , 'J Diemyctylus viridescens viridescens. 



. . •. ) (Seasonal form) Z>. miniatus. 



opisthocoelous. v 



Amblystoma punctatura Linn&us. 



Spotted Salamander. 



This is the Salamandra subviolacea of DeKay, or Large- 

 spotted Salamander. It is erroneously described in the 

 New Jersey Geological Survey as " the Crimson-spotted 

 Triton ... so frequently seen in aquaria," the latter 

 name belonging to Diemyctylus viridescens, which see. 



Body thick and swollen ; head broad and flat. Length 

 6 inches, of which the tail is a little less than half. Color 

 black to purplish above, with a series of round yellow spots 

 on each side of back and tail, and two or three on upper 

 surface of each limb. Under surface dark blue, with incon- 

 spicuous white dots. Dorsal groove and eleven costal 

 grooves, the latter strongly marked. In alcohol, dark 

 brown, and the spots white or bluish. 



Sparingly found at Fort Lee during the warm season 

 under logs and stones in clearings; during the breeding 

 season, and in October before the time for hibernation, 

 they seem to have disappeared from the open, and are found 

 in the swampy hollow far into the woods and not far from 

 water, where their eggs may be found in large masses as 

 early as April. Not as common as A. opacum. 



