PLETHODONTID& : XIPHONURA, AMBYSTOMA. 35 
Ambystoma « Baird, Amer. Batr. 281. 283. 1849. 
Salamandroides Fitz. S. R. 33. 
Salamandra sp. Bonnat; Merrem, Tent. 185. 
Pseudotriton Tschudi, Bair: 93. 
Plethodon (part.) T'schudi, Batr. 92. 
Plethodon Baird, J. A. N. S. Phil. i. 282. 1849. 
Saurophis Fitz. S. B33. 
Salamandra, § 2. Holbrook, N. A. Herp. 67. 
Triton sp. Holbrook, N. A. Herp. 79. 
§ Stout, black, pale spotted, or varied. 
1. AmBystomA CAROLINZ. 
Head moderate, muzzle slightly rounded. Body and tail above 
bluish black. Sides with a row of round or oval yellow spots; 
beneath purplish black. 
Lacerta Caroline Linn. S. N. ed. 10. 
Stellio (Spotted Eft) Catesby, Carol. t..10,; Penn. Act. Zool. ii. 534. 
Lacerta punctata Linn. S. N. i. 370.3; Gmelin, S. N. 1076.; Laur. 
Rept. ii. 252. 
Lac. maculata Shaw, Zool. iii. 304. 
Le Pontuée Lacép. Quadr. ov. 
Salamandra punctata Bonnat, Erp. 63., Ency. Méth. t. 12. f. 1.; 
- Merrem, Tent. 185. 
Salamandra venenosa Barton, Amer. Phil. Trans. iv. t.1.; Daud. 
Rept. vil. 229. 1803? ; Holbrook, N. A. Herp. ii. 105. t. 24. ed. 2. 
v. 67. t. 22. 
Lacerta subviolacea Barton, Trans. Amer.* Phil. Soc. vi. 112. tA. 
16.5 
Salamander subviolacea Harlan, M. and P. Res. 93., N. A. Rept. 
. ; Schlegel, F. Japon. 118. 
Seisccitdea Argus Bell’s MS. Mus. Zool. Soc. n. 659. 
Ambystoma subviolaceum Tschudi, Batr. 92.; Bonap. F. Ital. 131. 
3 oes heap punctata Baird, Amer. Batr. 283. 
a—e. In spirits. N. America, Pennsylvania. 
J; g- In spirits. N. America. Presented by Thomas Bell, Esq. 
h,t, In spirits. N. America. From Mus. Leyden. 
jh k. In spirits. N.America. Old Collection. 
l.. Variety with small spots. 
2. AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM. 
“ Head large. Muzzle rounded. Body elongated, bluish black, 
with irregular eae colnure spots. Tail longer than the body, 
