94 CADUCIBRANCHIATA. 



Spelerpes lineolus, Cope. 



Synonym, Opheobatrachus lineolus, Cope. 



Color above black, sides paler; chin and gular region 

 cinereous; muzzle truncate; vomerine teeth in a long 

 series; gular fold distinct; costal furrows fourteen; an- 

 terior limbs weak, posterior stout ; toes flat, inner rudi- 

 mentary ; skin finely wrinkled ; tail constricted at base. 

 Length 2 2 /^ inches. Head to axilla 6 4-5 lines. 



Tail \% " 



Habitat Table Lands of Eastern Mexico. 



Spelerp«»s vermicnlaris, Gray. 



Synonyms, Ophiobatrachus vermicularis, Gray, Cope ; 

 Oedipina uniformis, Kefer stein. 



Body very much elongated, vermiform, hence the 

 name ; head small ; muzzle obtuse, ovate ; costal furrows 

 nineteen; skin smooth, closely and minutely punctate 

 with black; teeth minute; vomerines in an arched row; 

 sphenoidals not contiguous with each other ; skull mem. 



