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University of California Publications in Zoology [Vol. 27 
GENERAL ACCOUNTS OF SPECIES 
Triturus torosus (Ratlike). Pacific Coast Newt 
(PL 3, figs. 5, 6; pi. 5, figs. 9-11; pi. 6, figs. 12, 13; text figs. M, T) 
Triton torosus Rathke (in Eschscholtz, 1833, part 5, pp. 12-14, pi. XXI 
[fig. 15]). Original description, type from central California. 
“ Triton Ermani Wiegmann (in Erman, 1835, Atlas, p. 24”: see Wiegmann, 
1836, p. 250). Type locality, California. 
Salamandra Beecheyi Gray (1839, p. 99, pi. 31 [fig. 3]). Type locality, 
Monterey. 
Notophthalmus torosus , Baird (1850, pp. 284-285). General account. 
N[otophthalmus]. torosus , Baird (1850, pp. 284-285). Locality records. 
Triton torosus , Hallowell (1853, p. 238). Habits along Calaveras River. 
Taricha Icevis Baird and Girard (1853a, p. 302). Type locality, San Fran- 
cisco. 
Taricha torosa, Girard (1858, pp. 5-7, pi. 1 [figs. 1-8]). Monograph. 
Diemyctylus torosa , Cooper (1868, p. 486). Habits. 
Triton torosus, Strauch (1870, p. 51). General account. 
Molge torosa, Boulenger (1882&, pp. 20-21). General account. 
Diemyctylus torosus, Yarrow (1883, pp. 22, 160). Locality records. 
Diemyctylus torosus, Cope (1889, pp. 204-206, pis. 36 [fig. 2], 38 [figs. 1-4], 
45 [fig. 8], 49 [fig. 3], text fig. 51). Monograph. 
Amblystoma rubrum Reid (1895, p. 600). Type locality, Pasadena. 
Diemyctylus torosus, Ritter (1897, pp. 73-114, pi. III). Life-history. 
Diemyctylus torosus, Ditmars (1906, pp. 2, 11, fig.). Habits in captivity. 
Notophthalmus torosus, Grinnell and Camp (1917, pp. 130-131, fig. 1). 
Range in California. 
Notophthalmus torosus, Stejneger and Barbour (1917, p. 7). Range. 
Diemyctylus torosus, Fowler and Dunn (1917, p. 28). Locality records. 
Triturus torosus, Dunn (1918, p. 450). Locality records. 
Notophthalmus torosus, Breder (1923, pp. 73-76, 1 fig.). Habits in cap- 
tivity. 
Triturus torosus, Stejneger and Barbour (1923, p. 3). Range. 
Notophthalmus torosus, Grinnell and Storer (1924, p. 651). In foothills of 
Yosemite region. 
Diagnosis . — Size moderate to large among California salamanders, 
total length up to 225 millimeters (8% inches) ; no naso-labial groove; 
skin rough-surfaced in terrestrial individuals, smooth in aquatic 
males (pi. 5, figs. 9, 10) ; costal folds absent in terrestrial individuals 
and aquatic females, sometimes indicated in aquatic males ; limbs and 
digits stout ; palatine teeth in two longitudinal rows, posterior to 
internal nares, the rows nearly meeting anteriorly, separated poster- 
iorly (text fig. M) ; coloration plain dark brown or black above, orange 
or yellow beneath, without spots or blotches of any sort. 
