CONTENTS 
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Introduction 
Historical note 
Material 
Acknowledgments 
General discussion 
Distribution of Amphibia in California 
Nomenclature 
Measurements 
Methods of taking measurements 
Glossary of special terms used in describing amphibians 
Secondary sexual characters 
Key to the adults of California Amphibia 
Key to the known eggs of California Amphibia 
Key to known larvae of California Amphibia 
Systematic list of the Amphibia of California 
General accounts of species 
Triturus torosus (Rathke) 
Ambystoma californiense Gray 
Ambystoma macrodactylum Baird 
Ambystoma paroticum Baird 
Dicamptodon ensatus (Eschscholtz) 
Batrachoseps attenuatus (Eschscholtz) 
Batrachoseps catalinae Dunn 
Batrachoseps major Camp 
Batrachoseps pacificus (Cope) 
Plethodon elongatus Van Denburgh 
Ensatina croceater (Cope) 
Ensatina eschscholtzii Gray 
Hydromantes platycephala (Camp) 
Aneides ferreus Cope 
Aneides flavipunctatus (Strauch) 
Aneides lugubris lugubris (Hallowell) 
Aneides lugubris farallonensis (Van Denburgh) 
Ascaphus truei Stejneger 
Scaphiopus hammondii Baird 
Bufo alvarius Girard 
Bufo boreas boreas Baird and Girard 
Bufo boreas halophilus Baird and Girard 
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