5.2 CADUCIBRANCHIATA. 



19. Amblystoma cingulatum, Cope. 



Color in alcohol black, beneath speckled with gray; 

 transverse dorsal gray bands present, and extend down 

 the sides between the costal folds, sometimes branching 

 and meeting on the back so as to enclose an area ; annu- 

 li present from the orbits to tip of tail ; body very slen- 

 der; head long, ovoid; muzzle long, projecting beyond 

 mandible; tongue oval, elongate, with a deep longitu- 

 dinal furrow ; row of vomerine teeth convex in front, not 

 extending beyond inner margin of internal nares ; gape 

 of mouth short ; external nares three-fifths as far apart 

 as the internal; cervical, parotid, and cephalic folds well 

 marked ; body elevated in scapular and pelvic regions ; 

 tail compressed, carinated above, and towards the tip 

 below; digits slender, depressed. 



Length 3^ inches. Head to cervical fold 6 lines. 

 Breadth of head 3 1-5 lines. 



Habitat Grahamville, South Carolina. 



