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Bluish black with gray or white blotches or crossbars 
on the upper parts of head, body and tail, usually 
about 12 or 14 in all. Underparts unmarked. Marbled 
Salamander (A. opacuni). 
Not as above. 21. 
Black with a series of large round yellow spots down 
each side of back. A strong dorsal groove. Spotted 
Salamander ( A . punctatum). 
Lead colored with one or two series of small yellow 
spots along sides. No dorsal groove, size small. 
Smaller Spotted Salamauder (A. conspersum) . 
Not as above. 22. 
Dark brown, yellowish below. No markings. Sope's 
Salamander ( A . Sopeanum). 
Olive brown, yellowish below. Limbs banded, tail 
spotted. A few ill-defined yellowish spots above. Two 
colored Salamander {A. bicolor ). 
Markings grayish or whitish. 24. 
Markings brown or yellow. 25. 
Olive brown or blackish with pale or bluish spots, these 
sometimes absent. Jefferson’s Salamander (A. jefferson- 
ianum). 
Black with a narrow gray line between each pair of 
costal folds, these either crossing the back undivided 
to meet their fellows from the opposite side or forking 
to meet a similiar fork from the other side. Under- 
parts thickly speckled with gray. Banded Salamander 
{A. cingulatus). 
Tail very long, much longer than head and body. Ohio 
Salamander ( A . xiphias ). 
Tail about as long as head and body. Color varying 
from uniform brown to yellow, but usually spotted. 
Tiger Salamander ( A . tigrinum ) . 
Toes on hind feet 4. Underparts with dots like ink 
spots. Scaly Salamander ( Hemidactylium scutatnm). 
Toes on hind feet 5, 27. 
