CADUCIBRANCHIATA, 67 



Habitat Massachusetts, Florida, Louisiana, Illinois, 

 and the country included. Straits of Belle Isle? (2) 

 Common. 



This animal conceals itself under rocks and logs in 

 moist places, but has been found upon dry elevated 

 ground. The color seems to vary much with age, the 

 young being much more thickly spotted than the adult. 

 In the specimens before me this variation is not influ- 

 enced bv locality. 



3. Plethoclon Oreg-oneiisis, Girard. 



Synonyms, Heredia Oregonensis, Girard; Ensatina 

 Eschscholtzii, Gray; Plethodon ensatus, Cope. 



Color brown above, but under a lens appears as mi- 

 nute black dots upon an olive ground; sides similarly 

 spotted ; below yello w ; head broader than body ; muz- 

 zle truncate ; nostrils small, widely separated ; eyes prom- 

 inent; cervical fold well marked; vomerine teeth 

 in two series, one on each side, almost uniting in 

 front in a reversed V form ; tongue attached in front ; 

 parotids none; plantar tubercles two in front, none be- 

 hind ; costal furrows ten or eleven ; tail cylindrical, taper- 

 ing; limbs slender, anterior ones longest; toes tapering, 

 slender and free. 



Length 3 7-12 inches. Head to cervical fold 5 lines- 

 Tail 1 7-12 " Breadth ot head 4 " 



Habitat Oregon, California P 



