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1835. Salamandra fasciata, Harlan, Medical and Physical Researches, p. 94. 



1842. Salamandra fasciata, Holbrook, North American Herpetology, vol. v. 

 p. 71, pi. 23. 



1842. Salamandra fasciata, Dekay, Natural History of New York, p. 17, pi. 17, 

 fig. 40. 



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



5. Ambystoma talpoideum. 



Char. — " Head very large, body short, thick, clumsy ; tail short, thick, compressed, 

 color above dusky, almost black; beneath dusky with a tinge of purple." — Holbrook. 

 Length 3 inches 1 line. 



Habitat. — Sea Island, on borders of South Carolina. 



6. Ambystoma laterale. 



Char. — Jet black above, and below with numerous thickly agglomerated, white 

 spots about the size of pins' heads upon the cheeks, sides of neck, body, tail and upon 

 extremities ; fingers and toes slender ; teeth as in fasciatum. Length 3 inches 1 line. 



Habitat. — Borders of Lake Superior. 



7. Ambystoma nebulosum, nob. 



Char. — Color brownish olive, (in spirits,) with numerous yellow spots, small upon 

 the head, larger upon the body, largest upon the tail, where they are more or less 

 confluent ; under parts yellow ; teeth in the form of an obtuse triangle ; the apex 

 forward, a little beyond a line drawn across the anterior margin of the internal nares, 

 the posterior extremities passing behind them ; internal nares remarkably large ; 

 fingers and toes very much depressed ; first and fourth fingers of nearly equal length, 

 second finger a little shorter than the third, fourth and fifth toes of equal length. 

 Length 5 inches 7 lines. (Fr.) 



Habitat. — San Francisco, Mountain, New Mexico, abundant. 



One specimen in Museum of Academy. 



Syn. Ambystoma nebulosum, Sitgreaves' Report of Exploration of Zuni river. 



Cen. Remarks. — Spots much more abundant than in tigrinum, and less regularly 

 shaped ; toes of tigrinum less depressed ; palatine teeth in latter in a straight line. 



8. Ambystoma mavortium. 



Char. — Dull black or brown, (in spirits,) yellow blotched above and below; back 

 with about nine, tail with thirteen transverse yellowish bands; body thick; feet 

 short, broad ; tail much compressed, longer than body and head ; skull broader than 

 long. Length 8 inches. 



