38 FAMILIAR LIFE IN FIELD AND FOEBST. 



rows of dark brown spots. The branchial (gilled) 

 formations of this strange creature are very conspicu- 

 ous, the head and muzzle are flat, 

 the body is proportionally short, 

 and there are but four 

 toes to each foot. 



He is entirely 



Spotted Necttirus i^Necturus maculatus). -^ 



aquatic. 

 That still stranger-looking creature, common on 

 the bottoms of rivers in Ohio, called the hellbender 

 ( Cryptoh-anchus 

 allegheniensis, 

 Cope *), 



— ™>.-.^.»»™ - is horrible in name 



only, but yet far from 

 being agreeable in ap- 



The Hellbender . 



{Cryptohranchus allegheniensis). pcaranCC. JIG IS a rep- 

 tile, every inch. The 

 head is flat and broad, the tail is half as long as 

 the head and body together, the mouth is wide, and 

 the legs are short, with an extensive fold of skin 



* Also called Protonopsis horridus. 



