40 CADUCIBRANCHIATA. 



trils small, distinct: plantar tubercles two, well de- 

 veloped. 



Length 7 inches. Head to cervical fold 1 in. 



Tail 3 "■ Diameter of bodv 1 " 



Body 4 " " •* head ^ " 



Habitat Michigan to Minnesota, Nebraska, Louisiana 

 and New Jersey. 



Hoy (59) states that this animal moves very slowly 

 upon land, but is very active in the water. Insults of- 

 fered to its mouth or eyes are resented by strokes 01 

 the tail. They are nocturnal in habits; remain in con- 

 cealment during the day, are sometimes found in cellars 

 after a wet night, and probably only quit the water in 

 the fall to seek more congenial winter quarters. 



4 Ambly stoma Jeffersonianum, Green. (14) 



THE GRANULATED SALAMANDER. 



Synonyms, haiamandra granulata, De Kay; Triton 

 niger, De Kay; Xiphonura Jeffersoniana, Tschudi, 

 Gray; Salamandra Jeffersoniana, Green, Holbrook, 

 Harlan, Schlegel; Amblystoma fuscum, Holbrook ; Am- 

 blystoma laterale, Hallowell. 



Color black to greenish in alcohol, above green- 

 ish slate, without blotches or spots, below of a grayish 

 green tinge; cervical fold white; tail roundish oval; 

 body cylindrical, much longer and slimmer than A. 



