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marked, twelve or thirteen in number ; tail round, tapering to a point, very slightly 

 compressed at tip, about same length as head, neck and body. 



Aneides lugubris. 



Ghajr. — Color dark olive above, yellow below without spots, or other markings ; a 

 row of small round spots on each side. Length 4i inches. 



Syn. Salamandra lugubris, Hallowell, Proceedings Academy Natural Sciences, vol. ? 



Habitat. — San Francisco. 



2 specimens in Mus. Acad. Nat. Sci., presented by Dr. Townsend, and Dr. Heer- 

 mann. 



SPELERPES, Raf.— Cylindrosoma, Tschudi. 



Char. — Head short, flattened, snout rounded, eyes very prominent, pupil oblong, 

 horizontal, tongue of moderate size, bolitoglossal, two rows of palatine teeth, one on 

 each side immediately behind the inner margin of the internal nares, and two rows of 

 longitudinal sphenoidal teeth, separated from the first by an interspace without teeth, 

 and from each other by a well marked interval ; body slender, cylindriform ; skin 

 smooth, extremities and fingers and toes slender ; the latter perfectly free ; tail very 

 long and tapering, cyclo-tetragonal at base, compressed but not considerably in the 

 greater part of its extent. N. Am. 



Spelerpes longicauda. 



Char. — Body cream colored above, with numerous dark colored irregularly shaped 

 spots ; under parts yellowish white ; tail very long with transverse black bands upon 

 the sides. 



Habitat. — Massachusetts, N. Jersey, Pennsylvania, near Philada., Cresson, Ken- 

 tucky, (Mammoth Cave.) 



Five specimens in Mus. Acad. Two Bonap. collection, Dr. Wilson. 



Syn. 1818. Salamandra longicauda, Green, Journal Acad. Nat. Sci., Philada., 

 vol. i., p. 351. 



1832. Spelerpes lueifuga, Eafinesque, Atlantic Journal, p. 22. 



1835. Salamandra longicauda, Harlan, Medical and Physical Researches, p. 96. 



1838. Cylindrisoma longicauda, Tschudi, Classif. der Batrachier, p. 93, No. 6. 



1842. Salamandra longicauda, Holbrook, N. Amer. Herp., p. 61, pi. 19. 



1842. Salamandra longicauda, Dekay. Natural Nistory of New York, p. 78, pi. 

 17, No. 41. 



1843. Saurocerus longicauda, Fitzinger, Synop. Reptil., p. 34. 



1850. Spelerpes longicauda, Baird, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci., vol, i., p. 287. 



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