66 CADUCIBRANCHIATA. 



2. Plethodou g-Iutmosus, Tschucli, (14) 



THE GRAY SPOTTED SALAMANDER. 



Synonyms, Salamandra glutinosa, Green. SchlegeL 

 Harlan, Holbrook, Storer, De Kay: Salamandra vario- 

 lata, Gilliams; Salamandra cylindracea, Harlan: Pleth- 

 odon variolosum, Tschudi, Dumeril and Bibron; Cvlin- 

 drosoma glutinosura, Dumeril and Bibron: Triton po'r- 

 phyriticus ? De Kay; Plethodon granulatum, Gray; 

 Salamandra elongata, Valenciennes. 



Color above black glossy, with numerous minute 

 gray spots, upon the sides larger, in some almost conflu- 

 ent, in others licheniform patches; color below plum- 

 beous, with small spots of gray in the gular region; legs 

 also spotted; cervical fold and a narrow strip on each 

 side of anus of a yellowish tinge ; costal furrows fourteen ; 

 nares equidistant; vomerine series of teeth extending to 

 the exterior of inner nares; canthus rostralis none; nos- 

 trils small, laterally situated; head and body scarcely or 

 not at all separable ; cervical or gular fold distinct ; body 

 with a dorsal longitudinal furrow : tail long, round, ta- 

 pering; legs moderately long, slender and not very 

 strong; head depressed; eyes not as prominent as in 

 P. erythronotus. 



Length 4^ inches. Head to cervical fold y 2 inch. 



Tail 2 " Breadth of head 3/ 8 " 



