730 AMPHIBIA — SALAMANDKID^. 



Spelerpea salmoneus, GkaTj Copb. 

 Gyrinophilus porphyritious, Copb. 

 Aniblystoma saJmoneum, Dumeril and BlBKON. 



Color yellowisli-brown above ; sides salmon color, with a tinge of yellow ; upper sur- 

 face irregularly marked with gray, below white ; tail yellowish, head large, flattened ; 

 muzzle truncate ; eyes prominent, and distant from each other ; inner nares large ; nos- 

 trils small ; gnlar fold strongly marked ; canthns lostralis prominent ; dorsal longi- 

 tudinal groove present ; costal furrows usually fourteen ; limbs moderate ; digits en- 

 tirely distinct ; tail compressed and earinate. Length, 5.7 inches ; tail, 2.3 inches. 



Habitat, Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Alabama, and 

 Ohio. 



The Salmon-colored Salamander is found on moist land, under logs in 

 damp woods, and in still water. It attempts self-defense, snaps savagely, 

 and throws its body into contortions when disturbed. In confinement it 

 appeared healthy fpr a year, and lived upon flies. 



Prof. Baird* calls attention to this animal being much more easily 

 discovered in a larval than in the mature condition near Carlisle, 

 Pennsylvania, stating that he had caught hundreds of larvse before 

 finding a single adult. It is included in this list as coming from Ohio 

 on authority. 



Gbnus NOTOPHTHALMUS. Eafinesque. 



Teeth in two longitudinal series, closely approximated in front, divergent behind ; 

 tongue attached anteriorly and posteriorly, and with only a small portion of its lateral 

 margins free ; postorbital arch long and strong, formed by the union of the tympanic 

 and frontal bones ; palatine processes cuneiform ; spinous process of vertebrss quadran- 

 gular ; ribs rudimentary ; tail small, compressed from the base ; toes four in front and 

 five behind, the first and fifth rudimentary. 



NoTOPHTHALMUs viRiDEscENS Rafincsque. 



JVewt, Evet, Eft or €riiiisou Spotted Triton. 



Triturua viridesoem,^ Eafinbsqde. , 



Dumyotylus iJiri(Jesce»s,EAi'iNESQUE, Hailowell, Vbrbill, Cope, Allek. 



Diemyotylua miniatms,i Eafinesque, Hallowell, Vekeiii,, Cope, Allen 



Salamandra stellio, Say. 



Salamandra symmetrica, Harlan, Holbrook, Kirtland, DeKay, Stoker. 



Salamandra punciaiissima, Wood. 



Salamandra dorsalis, Harlan, Holbrook, Kirtland, Storer. 



Salamandra millepunctata, Storbr. 



Salamandra coccinnea, f DeKay. 



NotopMhalmus miniatus, Storer. 



*Journ. Aoad. Nat. Soi. Phil., 1850. 



tCope makes two sub-species, viridesoms and miniatus. 



