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tral band ; sides and hinder end free. Palatine teeth in two short 
series, generally interrupted in the middle, and sometimes rather 
directed backwards. Sphenoid covered with teeth in several 
- series; group wide behind.— Skin smooth. Sides plaited.— Tail 
rounded. 
Plethodon Tschudi, Batr. 58.92.; Bonap. Fauna Ital. ii. 131. n. 
Bee ue. S. h. 32.; Baird, |. c. "9299, 
Phatnomatorhina Bibron, MS. ), fide Bonap. 1. c. 
1. PLETHODON GLUTINOSUM. 
Head large, semioval. Tail round, nearly twice as long as the 
body. Bluish black above. Back and tail minutely white- 
spotted ; sides with larger confluent white spots. 
Salamandra glutinosa Green, Jour. Acad. N. S. Philad. i. 357. 
1818, Sept.; Schlegel, Faun. Jap. 118.; Harlan, N. A. Rept. 14. ; 
Holbrook, N. A. Herp. v. 39. t. 10.; Dekay, Rept. N.York, t.17. 
f. 42. (very young.) 
S. variolata Gilliams, J. Acad. Ny. S. Philad. 1. 460. 1818, Decemb. ; 
_ Harlan, N. A. Rept. 18. 
S. cylindracea Harlan, Jour. Acad, N.S. v. 156. 1825., Med. and 
Phys. Res. 94., N. A. Rept. 12. 
“§, cylindrica Harlan,” fide Schlegel. 
Triton porphyriticus Dekay, Rept. N. York, 85, t. 16. f. 37. 
Plethodon glutinosus Tschudi, Batr. 92. ; "Bonap. Fauna dist il. 
dot.. Lucie. fh. 32.:: Baird, Bair. ‘Aimer. 285. 
Ostnox. Tschudi, Bair. t. 2. f. 4. (skull.) 
a—c. In spirits. Pennsylvania, N. America. Presented by 
Jacob Green, M.D. 
d—g. In spirits. N. America. Presented by Edward Double- 
day, Esq. 
h, In spirits. N. America. From the Leyden Museum. 
Sal. cylindrica Harlan. 
i, Young series, with very minute, white dots. 
2. PLETHODON GRANULATUM. 
Head large. Skin granulated. Body elongated, cylindrical. Tail 
round, slender, rather longer than the body and head. Greenish 
slate colour above, varied with grey and brown beneath. 
Salamandra granulata Dekay, Herp. N. York, ii. t. .; Holbrook, 
NN. A. Herp. v. 63. t. 20. 
Hab. New York. Var. P. oth ? 
