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usually fuse into a series of upright bands. The abdomen is 

 immaculate yellow. Total length, 4^ inches ; length of tail, 2| 

 inches. 



Range: The Central States, and inland portions of the At- 

 lantic States. 



Local Distribution: Mr. W. D. W. Miller has captured speci- 

 mens near Plainfield, New Jersey. The writer has not taken it 

 within the limits embraced by this work, but has found it abun- 

 dant in Pennsylvania. 



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FIG. 10- THE LONQ-TAILED, OR CAVE, SALAMANDER 



From specimen in Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



This vividly marked species is at times found at a considerable 

 distance from water, though always in damp situations — in 

 caves or among the fissures of moss-covered rocks. The writer 

 took large numbers of specimens along a motmtain stream, at 

 the Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania. They were hiding 

 under flat stones in the bed of a nearly dry stream. Their rich 

 coloration was in strong contrast to the damp sand. About a 

 dozen of these specimens lived for a period of more than two 

 years in damp, sphagnum moss, placed in an vivarium. During 



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