IO4 CADUCIBRANCHIATA. 



1. Notophthalmus viridescens, Rafinesque. 



THE CRIMSON SPOTTED TRITON. 



Synonyms, Triturus viridescens, Rafinesque; Die- 

 myctylus viridescens, Rahnesque, Hallowell, Cope, Alien; 

 Diemyctylus miniatus, Rafinesque, Hallowell, Cope, Al- 

 len; Salamandra stellio, Say; Salamandra symmetrica, 

 Harlan, Holbrook, De Kay, Storer ; Salamandra puncta- 

 tissima, Wood; Salamandra dorsalis, Harlan, Holbrook, 

 Storer; Salamandra millepunctata, Storer; Salama,ndra 

 coccinea ? De Kay; Notophthalmus miniatus, Storer; 

 Triton millepunctatus, De Kay; Triton dorsalis, Hall; 

 Triton symmetricus, punctatissimus, et dorsalis, Dumer- 

 il and Bibron. 



Color varying from olive to scarlet above, from orange 

 to red beneath, the two colors abruptly separated; sides 

 with five or more ocellate spots, often arranged in a line 

 and sometimes with other similar but smaller spots low- 

 er down ; entire under surface punctate with black dots, 

 which sometimes cover the back and tail as well ; head 

 oval; muzzle rounded at the apex; commissure of the 

 mouth not extending behind the posterior canthus of the 

 eye; gular and postorbital folds wanting; costal grooves 

 about fourteen, indistinct; back usually with a dorsal 



