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lined Salamander, which it also resembles in outlines. The adtilt 

 ]\Iountain Salamander may be recognized, however, by its 

 rounded tail. Young specimens strongly resemble the Red- 

 backed Salamander, even to the rounded tail. The following 

 characters should be considered in separating them : 



Desmognathus ocropluEa} Plethodon cinereus erythronotus. 



Form moderately slender. Form very slender. 



Stripe down the back brownish. Stripe down the back reddish. 



A light band from eye to angle No band from eye to angle of 

 of mouth. mouth. 



Total length, 3^ inches; length of tail, if inches; diameter of 

 body, ^^ inch. 



Range: Common in the Adirondacks and the mountains of 

 northern Pennsylvania, whence it extends southward into the 

 mountain chains of Virginia and North Carolina. 



Local Distribution: Very rare, and the species may possibly 

 not occur within the limits given. A single specimen has been 

 taken at Greenwood Lake, N. ]? It has also been found in 

 Allegany County, N. Y. It may occur in the Orange Moun- 

 tains of New Jersey. 



In habits it appears to be quite terrestrial, living under decay- 

 ing logs or burrowing its way under their bark. 



The Dusky Salamander, Desmognathus fiisca Rafinesque 

 (Fig. 13), is of medium size. The body is cylindrical and mod- 

 Dusky erately slender; tail flat. Color above dark brown or 

 Salaman- gray, with an obscure, reddish brown tinge on the 

 back. The reddish browm tone is usually distinct on 

 the tail, where it is paler in hue. Numerous black spots show 

 through the brown of the back, which is often bordered with a 

 tinge approaching pink or flesh color, the pink also showing on 

 the tail. Outside this pinkish shade are numerous minute white 

 dots arranged in thick clusters on the sides of the body. The 

 skin of the abdomen is light and translucent and finely marbled 

 with gray. Very old specimens are generally so dark as to 



' This species is of doubtful or very rare occurrence in this vicinity. 

 2 Taken by Eugene Smith, of Hoboken, N. J. 



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