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eirrhi or nasal appendages were about one-fourth of an inch long. From 

 the situation where they were found, and from their general appearance, 

 they must be ;'placed among the Land Salamanders ; but their fleshy 

 eirrhi seem^conclusively to prove that their principal resort must be in 

 the water." 



Speleepes longicaudus Green. 



Cave or I^ong-tailed Salamander. 



Salamandra longicauda, Geeen, Eolbkook, Kletland, DeI^at, Hablan. 



Spelerpes lucifuga, Eafinbsqub, 



Cyliiidrosoma longicaudaium, Tschudi, Dumbril and BiBRON. 



Saurocereus longicaudus, Fitzinger. 



Spelerpea longicaudus, Baird, Cope, Jordan. 



Color yellow ; body, head, chin, and gular region cream-colored, belly yellowish 

 white ; spots dark colored, numerous, and irregular i» form, scattered thickly over the 

 upper and lateral surface ; below immaculate ; head nearly oval, more depressed than 

 ia the preceding species ; vomerine teeth and sphenoidal groups not contiguous ; eyes 

 elongated, not very prominent ; nostrils lateral and minute; postorbital fold invisible, 

 parotid well marked, but the place of the gnlar represented by a soar ; limbs slender ; 

 digits moderate, widely separated ; tail very long, nearly equalling and sometimes ex- 

 ceeding twice the length of the body ; back without a longitudinal groove, but with the 

 spots here and upon the sides "arranged somewhat in rows. Length, 5 inches ; tail 3 1-5 

 inches ; head to gnlar fold, f inch ; breadth of head, i inch. 



Habitat, Maine, New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, Louisiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and 

 Vi'isoonsin. 



From the State I have seen but one specimen, which was captured 

 near Lancaster. It frequents running water in deep caverns, and thus 

 resembles the Proteus of Carniola. Its subterranean habits prepare us 

 to expect what we actually find it to be, one of our most beautiful species 

 of Salamander. 



Spelerpes kubeb Daudin. 



Tlie Red ISalaiuaiider. 



Salamandra rubra, Daudin, Holbrook, DeKay. 

 Salamandra maculata, Gbeen, Storbr, Harlan. 

 Salamandra rulriventris , Green, Kirtland. 

 Salamandra subfusca, Green. 

 Salamandra fusca, Harlan. 

 Paeiidotriion subfuscus, Tschudi. 

 Mycetoglossa ruber, Bibkojx. 

 Myettoglossus eubfuacus, Bonaparte. 

 Siren operculata, Palissot Beauvois. 

 Proteus neo-ccBsariensis, Green. 



