18. MANCUITJS. 75 



Total length 121 millim. 



From snout to cloaca 36 „ 



Head 5 „ 



"Width of head 3i „ 



Fore limb 3| „ 



Hind limb 3^ ,, 



Tail 85 „ 



Mexico. 



a. Adult. Orizaba. 



b-e. Adult. Mexico. M. Sall^ [C.]. 



22. Spelerpes uniformis. 



Oedipina uniformis, Kef erst. Arch.f. Natiirg. 1868, p. 299. 

 Ophiobatrachus vermicularis, Gray, Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. (4) ii. 1868, 



p. 298. 

 Opheobatrachus vermicularis, Cope, Proc. Ac. PMlad. 1869, p. 102. 

 Spelerpes uniformis, Strauch, Salam. p. 84. 



, Differs from the preceding in the following characters : — Parasphe- 

 noid teeth in a single patch. Habit more worm-like still. Tail as 

 thick as the body in its whole extent, rounded at the end. Nine- 

 teen costal grooves. 



Total length 178 millim. 



From snout to cloaca 54 „ 



Head 6 „ 



Width of head 3^ „ 



Fore limb 4 „ 



Hind limb 4 J „ 



Tail 124 „ 



Costa Eica. 



a. Adult. Costa Rica. O. Salvin, Esq. [0.]. (Type of 



Ophiobatrachus vermicularis.) 



18. mANCULtrS. 



Batrachoaeps, part., Oray, Cat. p. 42 ; Strauch, Salam. p. 84. 

 Manculus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1869, p. 101. 



Tongue supported by the glossohyal pedicel, boletoid, free aU 

 round. Palatine teeth in two short series, converging backwards ; 

 parasphenoid teeth in two elongate patches. Toes four. 



North America. 



1. Manculus quadridigitatns. 



Batrachoseps quadridigitatus, Gray, Cat. p. 42. 

 Salamandra quadridi^itata, Solbr. ]V. Amer. Herp. v. p. 65, pi. 21. 

 Batrachoseps quadridigitatus, Baird, Journ. Ac. Philad. (2) i. p. 287; 



Strauch, Salam. p. 85. 

 Manculus quadridigitatus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1869, p. 101. 



