62 SALAMANDRAGUTTO-LINEATA. 



line, is dark gray. The superior surface of the anterior and posterior extremities 

 is yellow; both the arms and the thighs have a black line on their posterior faces; 

 the latter a white line, continuous with the white lateral one already described. 



Dimensions. Length of head and neck, to anterior extremities, 9i lines; length 

 of body to vent, 1 inch 10 lines; length of tail, 4 inches 4 lines; total length, 6 

 inches 11 1 lines. 



Habits. It is doubtless a land animal, if we judge from the shape of the tail; 

 and only seeks the water, as do others of the genus, at certain seasons of the year. 

 They are most commonly found in damp, moist places, as under fallen trees, or 

 near springs of water. 



Geographical Distribution. This animal has only yet been observed in 

 Carolina, where I have seen them in the middle country; and Dr. Wurdeman has 

 furnished me with specimens from Greenville, near the mountains, where he says 

 they are numerous. 



General Remarks. The Salamandra gutto-lineata bears some resemblance to 

 the Salamandra cirrigera of Green; and indeed one of the four specimens that 

 have fallen under my observation had two small cirri to the upper jaw. These 

 cirri, however, should not be looked upon as of any great consequence in determin- 

 ing the species, for some have them, others not; and the same I know to be true 

 of the Salamandra cirrigera. They should rather be regarded as certain develop- 

 ments that take place during the generative season of the animal, and disappear 

 when that is passed, like the development of certain tubercles on the extremities 

 of frogs, or the fringed borders to the tails of some Salamanders. The Salamandra 

 cirrigera differs furthermore from the Salamandra gutto-lineata, in having a black 

 lateral line only; the white spots, the white lateral and black vertebral lines that 

 characterize the latter, are wanting in the cirrigera. 



