NORTH AMERICAN TAILED-BATRACHIA. 283 



Spelerpes, Raf. Body very slender. Tail as long or longer than the body. In 

 some species a cirrhoid apparatus projecting ftom the edge of the upper lip, below 

 the nostril. 



Batrachoseps, Bo7i. Characters much like the last. Toes four on the hind feet. 



SYNONOMY OF THE GENERA AND SPECIES. 

 AMBYSTOMA, T^c/iM^i. (1838.) Class, der Bat. XIPHON URA, T5c/«. 



A.. PUNCTATA, Bd. 1767, 



Lacerta punctata, (1767) L. Syst. Nat. ed. 13, 370, 45. 



Salamandra p. (1802) Lacep. Hist. Quad. Ov. I. 245, 314, (ed. of 1819.) 



L. maculata, (1802) Shaw. Gen. Zool. Amph., 304. 



Salamandra venenosa, (1803?) Bart, in Daud. Hist. Rept. VHI. 229, (in let. 



from Raf.) 

 Lacerta subviolacea, (1809) Bart. Am. Phil. Trs. 0. S. VL— p. 108, PI. 4, fig. 6. 

 5. subv. Dekay. (1842) N. Y. Rept. 74, PL 21, f. 36. 

 S. venenosa, (1838) Holb. Herp. 1st ed. HI. 105, PI. 24.; (1842) 2d ed. V. 67, 



PI. 22. 

 Amhystoma subv., (1838) Tsch. Class, der Bat. 

 Hab. South Carolina, Catesby ; Hoi. — Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Baird. — Kennebec 

 Co. Maine, Storer. — Meadville, Pennsylvania, Baird. 



A, OPACA, Bd. 1807. 



Sal. 0., (1807) Gravenhorst. Uebers. Zool. Syst. p. 431.— (1829) Grav. 



Delic. Mus. Vratisv. fasc. i. p. 75, PI. 10. 

 jS. gravenhorstii, Leukart. fide Fitz. (1825) neue Class, der Rept. 

 S. fasciata, (Sept. 1818) Green. J. A. N. S., I. 350.— (1838) Hoi. Herp. 1st 

 ed. ni. PI. 25; (1842) 2d ed. V. p. 71, PL 23.— (1840) Storer. Mass. 

 Rept. 247.— (1842) Dekay N. Y, Rept. 77. PL 17. fig. 40. 

 Hab. Georgia. Virginia, Maryland, Mississippi, Baird. iMassachusetts, Storer, 



A. jeffersoniana, Bd. January, 1827. 



Salj. (Jan. 1827) Green. Cont. Mac. Lye. L No. 1, p. 4, PL fig. 1.— (1842) 



Hoi. Herp. 2d ed. V. 51, PL 14. 

 Triton niger, (1842) Dekay. N. Y. Rept. 85, PL 15, f. 35. 

 Xiphonuraj. (1838) Tsch. Class, der Bat. 

 Hab. Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, Green. 



A. MACRODACTYLA, Band. 



A. m. (Sept. 1849) Bd. J. A. N. S., N. S., L p. 292. 



Hab. Oregon. 



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