656 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW JERSEY. 



A. punctatum, L. {venenosa, svbviolacea.) Large Spotted Salamander. 

 Crimson-spotted Triton. 



Black above, with series of yellow spots on each side of back ; 

 body large, broad, depressed and swollen ; skin with small pores, 

 through which a whitish fluid exudes; several groups of en- 

 larged pores on head ; a strong dorsal groove. Tail, 2^ inches ; 

 costal grooves, 11. 



" Quite an abundant species in some localities. This species 

 is the one so frequently seen in aquaria, where it shows to great 

 advantage, by its graceful movements and the brilliancy of its 

 coloring. The food of this and of the preceding, and of A.jeffer- 

 sonianvm, is flies." 



A. conspersum, Cope. Smaller Spotted Salamander. 



Lead colored ; one or two series of small yellow spots on 

 sides ; no dorsal groove ; size small ; skin smooth. Tail, 2| 

 inches; costal grooves, 11. 



"The author has only met with a single specimen of this 

 species in New Jersey. It was discovered lately by Mr. Cope, 

 in Chester county, Pennsylvania." — [C. C. A.J 



A. tigrinum, Green (ingens). Tiger Salamander, or Triton. 



Brownish, with many yellow spots ; body thick ; head long 

 and narrowish ; tail shorter than head and body ; color varies 

 from brown to yellow. Costal grooves, 12; two tubercles on 

 sole of foot, 



"'Found only, apparently, in the southern counties of the 

 State. The only specimen ever captured by the writer was in 

 Cape May county, in a dense cedar swamp." — [C. C. A.] 



A. bioolor, Hallow. Two-colored Salamander. 



Olive brown, yellowish below, rising in blotches on sides ; a 

 few large spots above ; legs banded ; tail yellow, with brown 

 spots; soles with two tubercles. Costal grooves, 11. New 

 Jersey. — Jordan. Beesley's Point, N. J. — Cope. 



A. jeffersonianum, Green; Triton. Jefferson's Salamander. 



Dark leaden, variable, sometimes with bluish spots ; size small. 

 Costal grooves, 12, but not two tubercles on sole. 



" We have not met with this species very frequently. The 

 localities in which such animals are found, and the absence of 



