CADUCIBRANCHIATA. 75 



one free phalanx ; tail cylindrical, tapering, annulate 

 laterally. 



Length 3.29 inches. Head to axilla .63 inches. 



Tail 1.35 " Breadth of head. 28 



Habitat Hig-h Lands of Guatemala. 



3. Geotriton earboaarius, Cope. 



Synonyms, Oedipus carbonarius, Cope ; Bolitoglossa 

 Mexicana, (Pars) Dumeril andBibron; Salamandra pla- 

 tydactyla ? Cuvier ; Oedipus platydactylus ? Tschudi ; 

 Oedipus Salvinii ? Gray. 



Color above yellow, from muzzle to tip of tail with 

 black spots, and laterally changing abruptly to black, 

 which color continues over the whole under surface; 

 limbs spotted with yellow ; the yellow upon the back 

 might in some cases be regarded as a dorsal band; muz- 

 zle truncate ; sphenoidal teeth contiguous, and continued 

 towards the vomerines, but not touching them; costal 

 furrows twelve or thirteen ; toes broadly palmate ; tail 

 cylindrical, tapering, annulate for two-thirds its length. 

 Length 6^ inches. 

 Tail ■$% " 



Habitat elevated regions of Eastern Mexico, 



