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h. Costal furrows 21 S. multiplicatus. (9) 



h. Costal furrows 19 S. vermicularis. (14) 



h. Costal furrows 14 S- lineolus. (13) 



h. Costal furrows 11-12. 



i. Vomerine teeth prolonged outwardly be- 

 yond nares S. cephalicus. (6) 



i. Vomerine teeth not prolonged outwardly 

 beyond nares S. chiropterus. (5) 



1 Spelerpes bilineatus, Green. (14) 



STRIPED-BACK SALAMANDER. 



Synonyms, Salamandra bilineata, Green, Holbrooke 

 Harlan, Cuvier, De Kay; Salamandra flavissima, Har- 

 lan, Holbrook; Salamandra cirrigera, Green, Harlan; 

 Spelerpes cirrigera, Baird, Gray, Hallo well; Bolitoglos- 

 sa bilineata, Dumeril and Bibron. 



Color above cinereous, with two or three longitudin- 

 al black lines; vertebral line narrow, but broader in 

 front, sometimes nearly or quite effaced; below yellow 

 or yellowish white; color very much obscured by alco- 

 hol ; head oval, eyes ovate ; iris yellow ; postorbital and 

 parotid folds distinct, gular only marked by a cicatrice ; 

 costal grooves fourteen, in most specimens indistinct; 

 limbs slender; digits long, excepting the first and last; 

 tail nearly as long as the body, sometimes longer. 



