CADUCTBRANCHIATA, 85 



ed, numerous, and irregular in form, scattered thickly 

 over the upper and lateral surface; below immaculate; 

 head nearly oval, more depressed than in the preceeding 

 species; vomerine teeth and sphenoidal groups not con- 

 tiguous; eyes elongated, not very prominent; nostrils la- 

 teral and minute ; postorbital fold invisible, parotid well 

 marked, but the place of the gular represented by a 

 scar; limbs slender; digits moderate, widely separated; 

 tail very long, nearly equaling and sometimes exceeding 

 twice the length of the body; back without a longitu- 

 dinal groove, but with the spots here and upon the sides 

 arranged somewhat in rows. 



Length 5 inches. Head to gular fold S/^ inch. 



Tail 3 1-5 " Breadth of head % " 



Habitat Maine to Florida, Louisiana and Wisconsin. 



Frequents running water in deep caverns, and thus re- 

 sembles the Proteus of Carniola. Its subterranean hab- 

 its prepare us to expect what we actually find it to be, 

 one of our most beautiful specimens of Salamander. 



Spelerpes gnttolineatus, Holbrook. 



Salamandra guttolineata, Holbrook, De Kay; Cylin- 

 drosoma guttolineatum, Dumeril and Bibron* 



Color above pale yellowish, with a black vertebral 

 line which bifurcates upon the nape in order to allow its 

 two branches to terminate interior to the eyes; a lateral 

 band of black containing small square spots and edged 



