86 CADUCIBRANCHIATA. 



with a white line below ; body beneath white, dark gray, 

 or mottled; tail black, barred with yellow, carinate 

 above, longer than the body, and sometimes equaling 

 twice the distance from muzzle to posterior of anus; 

 head short, in size equal to the trunk; sphenoidal and 

 vomerine teeth not contiguous; costal furrows thirteen; 

 inner toes longest. 



Length 7 inches. 



Habitat Mountains of South Carolina, Georgia, and 

 Alabama 



Spelerpes ruber, Daudirt. 



THE RED SALAMANDER. 



Synonyms, Salamandra rubra, Daudin, Holbrook, 

 De Kay: Salamandra maculata, Green, Storer, Harlan: 

 Salamandra rubriventris, Green : Salamandra subfusca, 

 Green; Salamandra fusca, Harlan; Pseudotriton sub- 

 fuscus, Tschudi ; Mycetoglossa ruber, Bibron ; Myceto- 

 glossus subfuscus, Bonaparte ; Siren operculata, Palissot 

 Beauvois; Proteus neo Csesariensis, Green; Pseudotri- 

 ton ruber, Baird ; Pseudotriton sticticeps, Baird; Pseu- 

 dotriton montanus, Baird; Pseudotriton flavissimus, 

 Hallowell. 



Color above red with numerous nearly circular small 

 black spots; beneath less vivid and immaculate, except 

 mi the gular region; in alcohol the color is dark yellow- 



