36 CADUCIBRANCHIATA. 





1 Amblystonia punctatum, Baiid. (14) 



VIOLET COLORED SAL AMANDER. 



Synonyms, Amblystoma subviolaceum, Tschudi : Sal- 

 amandra subviolacea,De Kay, Holbrook, Harlan, Schle- 

 gel; Salamandra punctata, Lacepede, Wagler; Sala- 

 mandra venenosa, Barton, Daudin ; Lacerta subviolacea, 

 Barton ; Lacerta punctata, Linnaeus ; Lacerta maculata, 

 Shaw. 



Color black, at least above, sometimes slightly pur- 

 plish, changing to brown in alcohol: two sets of bright 

 yellow spots arranged somewhat in rows on each side 

 of the back: legs also spotted, spots unequal and change 

 to white in alcohol: tail oval, compressed at the end: 

 body cylindrical: head large, depressed: muzzle round- 

 ed: skin smooth, perforated with pores: two patches of 

 these on each side of the head, one reaching from the 

 nostril backwards, above and somewhat around the eye, 

 the other in the parotid region : cervical fold strong : an- 

 other fold present behind the eye, the two connected by 

 a ridge: costal furrows eleven, strongly marked, some- 

 times with others less marked; furrows behind the leg 

 in the anal region four, and others less prominent upon 

 the tail; back with a longitudinal groove: tail indistinct- 



