60 



SALAMANDBID^. 



3. Batrachoseps nigriventris. 



Batrachoseps nigriventris, Cope, Proc Ac. PMlad. 1869, p. 98. 



Resembles the preceding in general proportions, but the Urnbs in 

 more rudimental condition. Costal grooves twenty or twenty-one, 

 extending to vertebral line, but not curved. Colour above deep brown, 

 separated abruptly from the black of the lower surfaces ; tail black. 



California. 



a-h. Adult. Pataluma. Smithsonian Institution [P.]. 



4. Batrachoseps attennatns. 



Batrachoseps attenuatus, Oray, Cat. p. 42. 

 Salamandrina attenuate, Esohsch. Zool. Atlas, p. 1, pi. 21. f. 1-14. 

 Batrachoseps attenuatus, Bonap. Faun. Ital. ; Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 

 1869, p. 98 ; Strawch, Salam. p. 85. 



Tongue, posterior half free ; anterior attachment very delicate, 

 easily torn. Palatine teeth in two very short series, not extending 

 outwards beyond the inner margin of the choanae, separated from 

 parasphenoid patches ; latter confluent. Head small ; snout short, 

 rounded; eyes moderately large. Body cylindrical, much elongate, 

 measuring about four times the distance from tip of snout to gular 

 fold. Limbs very weak ; digits very short, rudimentary, united. 

 Tail cylindrical, as thick as body, longer than head and body. Skin 

 smooth, shining ; no parotoids ; a strong gular fold ; twenty costal 

 grooves ; tail regularly ringed. Brown ; a blackish band along 

 each side of the body ; back with diagonal darker cross lines. 



Total length 108 millim. 



From snout to cloaca 41 „ 



Head Q\ „ 



Width of head 5 „ 



Fore limb 6 „ 



Hind limb 7 „ 



Tail. 67 „ 



United States, Pacific district. 



a-e. Adult. San Francisco. 

 d-g. Adult & hgr. California. 

 h-k. Adult & hgr. ? 



17. SPELERPES*. 



Spelerpes, Pajin. Atlantic Journal, no. 1, p. 22 {fde Baird) ; Baird, 

 Journ. Ac. Philad. (2) i. p. 283 ; Oi-ay, Cat. p. 48 ; Cope, Proc. Ac. 

 Philad. 1869, p. 104 ; Strauch, Salam. p. 77. 



Qeotriton, Bonap. Faun. Ital, ; Tschudi, Batr. p, 93 ; Chray, Cat. p. 47 ; 

 Dum. 8f Bibr. ix. p. Ill ; Cope, I. c. p. 102. 



Oylindrosoma, Tschudi, I. c. 



Oedipus, Tschudi, I. c. ; Chray, Cat. p. 47 ; Cope, I. c. 



* Salamandra haldentani, Holbr. N. Amei-. Herp. v. p. 59, pi. 13. — Pennsyl- 

 vania, Maryland, and Virginia. 



