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Hemidactylium scutatum Tschudi. 



Four-toed Salamander. 



Chestnut-brown above ; muzzle lighter. White below, 

 with spots as though spattered with ink. Length 2\ to 

 3 inches. Body slender and tail half as long. Limbs 

 weak and small, with four toes only. Snout as though cut 

 off (truncate). Curiously sculptured furrows proceed back- 

 ward from the dorsal line and others appear on the sides. 

 Terrestrial ; never aquatic. 



Not frequent, but abundant where found. I captured five 

 in one afternoon at Fort Lee, in open woods where grass 

 was growing. All were under stones and curled. Single 

 specimens taken at Harrington, N. J., from under boards 

 or logs, about five feet from a pond. Time of captures, 

 May and June. 



Spelerpes ruber Daudin. 

 Red Salamander. 



This is the Salamandra rubra of De Kay. 



Adults dark salmon to bright red. Dorsal surface thickly 

 covered with black spots ; color between these brownish 

 red. Young adults yellowish ; almost white, with fewer 

 spots. Under surface immaculate in young except the ex- 

 treme edge of the snout, which is blackish. Old specimens 

 with black dots sparsely scattered along abdomen, more 

 thickly towards head. Old, stout ; young, more slender. 

 Head flat, triangular. Slight fold at neck. 



Larvae, at 2\ inches, with a dorsal fin the whole length 

 and a ventral fin on posterior half of tail. Whole dorsal 

 region and sides covered with a reticular pattern of brown 

 about to break up into spots. 



This is the largest species of its genus in America : 

 Length 5 to Sh. inches ; diameter of body nearly half an 

 inch. Costal folds, 15-16. 



I captured several adults at Hemlock Falls, Orange 



