1925] Storer: A Synopsis of the Amphibia of California 
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scholtzii. This name was confused in his mind with that of Triton 
[== Dicamptodon] ensatns, in consequence of which the name Heredia 
[: = Plethodon ] oregonensis given by Girard in 1856 was used for a 
long time to designate the species. Boulenger showed in 1882 that 
the specimen upon which the name Csschscholtzii was based actually 
came from Monterey and was a Plethodon , although he continued the 
use of Girard’s name. Grinnell and Camp (1917, p. 132) were first 
to use the present specific designation. Dunn (1923a, p. 39) states, 
as a result of studies on the entire family Plethodontidae, that the 
species eschscholtzii (and croceater) should be separated from Pletho- 
don and placed in the genus Ensatina Gray 1850. He includes here, 
as well, Urotropis [= Ensatina] platensis, the only salamander 
known from southern South America, which inhabits the vicinity of 
La Plata. 
Measurements of Adult Specimens of Ensatina eschscholtzii from 
California 
M.V.Z. 
No. 
Sex 
Locality 
Date 
Total length 
Length of tail || 
Snout to gular 
fold 
Greatest width 
of head 
Orbit 
Interorbita 
space 
Fore leg 
Hand 
Axilla to groin || 
Hind leg 
Hind foot 
4473 
Near Sierra Madre at 2500 
ft., Los Angeles Co 
Aug. 9, 
1912 
99 
43 
17.0 
9.7 
4.0 
3.0 
17.0 
7.1 
26 
19.0 
10.2 
4947 
6 mi. w. Inverness, Marin 
Co 
June 4, 
1913 
105 
42 
16.6 
9.7 
3.7 
3.7 
19.0 
7.5 
31 
20.7 
10.0 
9148 
9 
Car lotta, Humboldt Co 
July 26, 
1923 
110 
48 
16.6 
10.2 
3.8 
3.3 
17.2 
6.6 
32 
19.0 
8.8 
2376 
Muir Woods, Marin Co 
Mar. 5, 
1910 
114 
57 
17.6 
9.0 
5.0 
3.0 
16.5 
6.7 
25 
20.0 
9.2 
2382 
9 
Berkeley, Alameda Co 
Mar. 12, 
1910 
117 
46 
19.5 
11.0 
5.3 
3.7 
20.0 
8.3 
32 
22.5 
11.0 
4890 
Forest Home, 5200 ft., San 
Bernardino Co 
Aug. 16, 
1913 
135i 
7U 
12.3 
4 5 
3.6 
21.7 
8.0 
31 
23.7 
11.8 
1 Specimen broken, measurements approximate. 
Range. — Ensatina eschscholtzii occupies the longest extent of terri- 
tory of any of the Pacific Coast Plethodontidae. At the north it 
has been recorded from Discovery Harbor, Puget Sound, Oregon 
[—Washington] (Girard, 1858, pp. 11-13), at South* Bend, Pacific 
County, and Hoquaim and Quiniault, Chehalis County, Washington, 
and at Marshfield, Coos County, and Harbor and Port Orford, Curry 
County, Oregon (specimens in Calif. Acad. Sci.). In California it 
has been found (Calif. Acad. Sei.) at the north near Crescent City 
and at Requa, Del Norte County, and at Sweet Briar, Shasta County ; 
Strawberry, Eldorado County, is the southernmost [and only?] 
record in the Sierra Nevada. It is common in the Coast Ranges east- 
