A NOTE ON THE COLORATION OF PLETHODON 

 CINEREUS 



HUGH DANIEL REED 



Ox September 9, 1905, Mr. A. A. Allen found, near 

 Buffalo, N. Y., a salamander 1 6.5 cm. long which was, at 

 first sight, believed to be a small Spelerpes ruber, but 

 closer inspection proved it to be otherwise. The head, 

 sides and back are of uniform coral red, gradually fading 

 into pinkish on the immaculate belly (Fig. 7). The 

 sides and the dorsum of the distal half of the tail are 

 heavily mottled with black, leaving the dorsal line of the 

 proximal half the same color as the body. The mottling 

 extends upon the ventral side of the tail, but the spots are 

 here much lighter so that the general pink color of the 

 under parts is evident. On the right side the black 

 blotches of the tail begin immediately behind the leg, 

 while on the left the base of the tail is an immaculate red 

 for some distance behind the leg. 



This specimen was found under a piece of bark in a 

 dry and rather open woodland. About three weeks later 

 in a nearby locality there was found a second specimen 

 which upon comparison proved to agree in all essential 

 respects of coloration with the first. This one escaped 

 before it was killed and preserved. 



On April 27, 1907, near Beesemer, N. Y., a short dis- 

 tance south of Ithaca, Mr. Allen found another speci- 

 men 2 (Fig. 6) which is identical in form and similar in 

 coloration to those taken near Buffalo. The Beesemer 

 specimen is a carrot red with a cluster of minute black 

 dots on the top of the head and a row of similar dots 

 along the sides of the back in a position which corre- 



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