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between the armpit and the extremity of the outer 

 " finger." 



This harmles s reptile is a pale leaden color with 

 indistinct brown spots on the back. Both this and 

 the preceding species have a more eellike than hzard- 

 like appearance. They are about a foot long. 



Tlie hellbender is distributed from western New 

 York to Georgia and Louisiana, and westward to 

 Iowa. He is entirely aquatic in his habits, and is 

 frequently "hooked" by fishermen on the 

 Ohio River. 



A more lizardlike and attractive crea- 

 ture than the hellbender is the salaman- 

 der named Amblystoina punctatum, dis- 

 tinguished for a smooth 

 skin pitted 

 with pores 

 which are 

 most numerous 



Violet Salamander (Amblystoma punctatum). 



about the tail, 



and for the milky juice which exudes from the darker 

 colored portions of it. The general color of this sala- 

 mander is leaden black, and on each side of the back 

 are a series of circular, or nearly circular, regularly 

 arranged yellow spots about as large as the eye. On 

 the sides, and beneath, are some scattered specks 

 of bluish white on a lighter leaden-colored ground. 



