1925] Storer: A Synopsis of the Amphibia of California 
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Lopliortyx c. catalinae, and Thryomanes b. catalinae among birds. 
The reptiles of the island and the one other amphibian (. Hyla regilla), 
however, are not reported to exhibit any differences from their respec- 
tive mainland stocks (Van Denburgh and Slevin, 1914, pp. 137-139). 
Batrachoseps major Camp. Garden Salamander 
[ ^Batrachoseps attenuatus, Cope (1883, p. 28). At Pasadena, California. 
Batrachoseps major Camp (1915, pp. 327-330). Original description, type 
from Sierra Madre, 1000 feet, Los Angeles County, California. 
Batrachoseps major, Grinnell and Camp (1917, p. 136, fig. 3). Range. 
Batrachoseps major, Fowler and Dunn (1917, p. 26). 
batrachoseps major, Stejneger and Barbour (1917, p. 14; 1923, p. 9). 
Range. 
Diagnosis. — Size small, total length np to 162 millimeters (6% 
inches) ; body worm-like, less than 10 millimeters in diameter; limbs 
very small, digits 4, 4; costal folds 18 (less; often 17 or 19) ; naso- 
labial groove present; coloration (in alcohol) above, light neutral 
gray; lower surface, upper lip, and plantar surfaces of feet, cream 
buff. 
Comparisons. — Distinguished from California salamanders other 
than species of Batrachoseps by worm-like form of body, reduced 
limbs, presence of only 4 digits on hind limb, and 17 or more costal 
folds; from Batrachoseps attenuatus by 18 instead of 19 costal folds, 
yellow instead of dusky coloration of undersurface, absence of dark 
line on side of body, and by large adult size, proportionately wider 
head, longer limbs, and shorter tail ; from B. pacificus of the Channel 
Islands by 18 instead of 16 costal folds, and by relatively narower 
head, shorter limbs, longer tail, and larger size; from B. catalinae of 
Santa Catalina Island by better development of innermost digit on 
each foot and by larger size. 
Description. — Body slender, limbs reduced, tail very large and 
long; head roughly pentagonal and muzzle truncate oval in outline 
from above ; head depressed, greatest width about half thickness ; 
muzzle short, descending in profile, rounded at end and overhanging 
lower jaw; external nares nearly terminal, opening antero-dorsally, 
separated by more than width of interorbital space ; naso-labial groove 
minute, on raised ridge ; canthus rostralis indistinct, shorter than 
length of orbit; orbit large; inter- and post-orbital areas flattened, 
interorbital space less than length of orbit ; lower jaw broad, pointedly 
oval at tip ; angle of jaw under posterior margin of orbit ; gular fold 
indistinct; neck constriction slight; upper arm and forearm about 
equal in length; digits small, blunt ended, third longest, second and 
fourth equal, innermost (first) reduced; body very slightly swollen 
at midlength ; costal grooves shallow, not extended to dorsal or ventral 
surface; costal folds 18 (17 or 19) ; hind limb scarcely stouter than 
fore limb ; femur longer than tibia ; foot small ; toes 4, blunt, in order 
of decreasing length 3, 2, 4, 1, latter very short; tail only slightly 
smaller in diameter than body, circular in section, stout throughout 
its length, conical at tip, with many transverse furrows on side. 
