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1789. Idem, Damberton. Encyclop. Met., p. 63, pi. 12, No. 1. 



1801. Idem, Latreille- Hist. Nat. Rept. ar 18, p. 252. Salamandra 'punctata, 

 Bonat. Erp. 63 ; Encyclop. Mit. t. xii. fig.-l ; Merrem. Tentamem, 185. 



1802. Salamandra venenosa, Daud. Hist, des Reptiles, t. viii. p. 229. 



1802. Shaw, Gen. Zoology, torn, iii., p. 304, Lacerta maculata. Blackish water 

 newt. Salamandra venenosa, Barton, Am. Phil. Trans., t. iv. t. i. 



1803. Salamandra subviolacea, Barton, Am. Phil. Trans, t. vi. p. 112, pi. 4, fig. 16. 

 (A good figure.) 



1830. Salamandra ^punctata, (/?. Partitibus) nullis, Wagler. Syst. Amphib., p. 208. 

 Sec. 27. 



1825. Salamandra subviolacea, Harlan, Med. and Phys. Research, p. 93. 



1838. Ambystoma subviolaceum, Tschudi, Classif. du Batrach., p. 92, No. 3, (ex- 

 clus. Sal. fasciata, and Sal. variolata, Gill., Ambystoma fasciatum et Pleiliodon glu- 

 tinosus. 



1842. Dekay, Natural History of New York, page 74, Salamandra subviolacea, 

 violet colored Salamander, pi. 12, fig. 36, (exclus. syn. Sal. symmetrica, Dekay, 

 Dumeril and Bibron, and Sal. maculata, Green. Jour. Acad. N. S. vol. i. p. 2, 360, 

 350, (a bleached specimen of Pseudotriton ruber.) 



1842. Sal. venenosa, Holbrook, N. Am. Herp. t. iii. p. 67, pi. 22, (2 ed.) 1st ed. 

 1837, t. iii. p. 105, pi. 24. 



1850. Ambystoma punctata, Baird, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. vol. i. p. 283. 



1850. Ambystoma Carolina},* Gray, Cat. Br. Museum, p. 35. 



1854. Ambystoma argus, Dumeril and Bibron, t. ix. p. 103. 



2. Ambystoma tigkinum. — (The Tiger Ambystoma.) 



Char. — Body elongated, bluish black, with numerous lemon colored spots irregu- 

 larly disposed; tail longer than the body, greatly compressed, and spotted like the 

 body ; internal nares of moderate size ; palatine teeth in a straight, or nearly straight 

 transverse row. Length 6 in. and 7 lines. 



Habitat. — Northern United States from New Jersey to Massachusetts, South Car- 

 olina, (Goose Creek ;) a specimen in Museum of Charleston College. Specimens in 

 Museum Academy Nat. Sci. Presented by Dr. Holbrook and Mr. Ashmead. 



Syn. 1826, 1827. Salamandra tigrina, Harlan, Journal Academy Nat. Sci., vol. 

 v. p. 328. 



1825. Salamandra tigrina, Green, Jour. Acad. N. S., vol. v. p. 116. (A very good 

 description.) 



* In the tenth of Linnreus, 1758, mention is made of Lacerta punctata from Asia. Gray refers to Lacerta Carolina:, 

 Linn., tenth edit., but wc cannot find it. 



