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Thicket and adjacent region, it probably grades into 

 viridescens, but Southern Texas specimens are quite 

 different from the typical form of that subspecies. 

 The great majority of specimens from Houston and 

 Laguna Lake are very near viridescens. 



PLETHODONTID^ 



174. Plethodon glutinosus Green. Slimy Salamander. 



Eastern, Central and Southeastern Texas. Prob- 

 ably common in some sections, but at present known 

 only to inhabit a few scattered localities. Cope re- 

 cords it from Helotes and New Braunfels. I have 

 collected several in McLennan County and two near 

 Cleveland, Liberty County. 



AMBYSTOMID^ 



175. Ambystoma opacum Gravenhorst. Marbled Salaman- 



der. 

 The northern and eastern sections. One example 

 collected near Hewitt, McLennan County, is the only 

 Texas example that has ever passed through ray 

 hands. Mr. Julius Hurter collected two at Paris, 

 and Cope records it from the Wichita River. It is 

 probably a common species in the bayou country 

 from northeast of Houston to the Louisiana boun- 

 dary, but I have never been able to visit that section 

 during salamander season. 



176. Ambystoma maculatum Shaw. Spotted Salamander. 



Cope records a specimen in the National collection 

 from "between Indianola and El Paso." The same 

 collection contains specimens from Fort Towson, Ok- 

 lahoma, only a few miles across the Red River from 

 Texas. This salamander is probably more or less 

 common in Northeastern Texas, but I am very doubt- 

 ful of the "Indianola to El Paso" specimen having 



