CADUCIBRANCHIATA. IO5 



crest: tail stronglv carinate above and below ; limbs lonp; 

 and slender. 



Length ^ l A inches. Head to axilla j4 inch. 



Tail 1 3/( " Breadth of head % " 



Habitat Maine and Vermont to Florida, Illinois, and 

 Northern Shore of Lake Superior. Common. 



Found under stones, and decayed wood, and also in 

 brooks. Holbrook observed them swimming with vi- 

 vacity under ice an inch thick. Storer found fragments 

 of Lymnea and Physa in their stomachs, and also ascer- 

 tained that they cast their skin in June, and that the new 

 cuticle was similar in all respects to the old. 



2. Notophthalmus torosiis, Esclischoltz. 



Svnonyms, Triton torosus, Eschscholtz, Hallowell; 

 Triton ermanni, Wiegman; Triton granulosus, Skilton, 

 Hallowell; Taricha torosus, Gray, Hallowell; Diemyc- 

 tylus torosus, Cope. 



Color dark brown, beneath yellowish ; bodv strong, in 

 alcohol very much granulated ; head large, ovate ; muz- 

 zle angular, rounded at apex; teeth not contiguous in 

 front; commissure decurved under the eye; gular fold 

 well marked, other folds and costal grooves indistinct; 

 limbs long and strong; tail compressed so as to form a 

 fin above and below. 



Length 5 7-8 inches. Head to axilla 7-8 inch. 



Tail 3 " Breadth of head S/ 8 



Habitat Oregon City and San Francisco. 



