CABUCIBRANCHIATA. 37 



ly furrowed lengthwise upon the side: eyes prominent: 

 nostrils small distinct. 



Length 6 inches. Head to cervical fold ^ inch. 



Tail iy 2 " Diameter of body S/& " 



Body 3^ " « " head % 



Habitat United States east o£ the Rocky Mountains. 



(2) Amblystoma opacum. Gravenhorst* (14) 



THE BLOTCHED SALAMANDER* 



Synonyms, Salamandra fasciata*. Green, Harlan Hol^ 

 brook, De Kay, Storer, Wagler; Salamandra opaca, 

 Gravenhorst; Salamandra Gravenhorstii, Leuckart 



Color above light clay or ash, with transverse dark 

 brown or bluish bands, sometimes in blotches, and ex- 

 tend from head to tail: below the color is dark slate; 

 head with a triangular spot; in alcohol the animal is a 

 grayish ash, with transverse bands of dark brown or 

 brownish black: tail oval, with indistinct lateral furrows; 

 body nearly cylindrical, thickest in the middle; head 

 large, depressed; muzzle round: mucous pores of the 

 skin numerous, about equally distributed, hence no spe- 

 cial patches above the eye and in the parotid region ; 

 cervical fold, fold behind the eye and connecting groove, 

 costal furrows, and furrows in the anal and caudal region 



