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a salamander under this name from The Falls of the San Diego River 
and Stephens repeats this record; Grinnell and Camp (1917, p. 131, 
fig. 1) on the other hand refer the record to Notopkthalmus [= Tritu- 
rus ] torosus. Lugubris has been recorded from ‘ ‘ Coronado Islands, ’ ’ 
Lower California, on the basis of two specimens obtained February 22, 
1908 (Van Denburgh and Slevin, 1914, p. 139). In southern Califor- 
nia lugubris has been found at Los Angeles (Miller, 1906, pp. 741- 
742), along the base of the San Gabriel Mountains at Pasadena and 
Sierra Madre (specimens in Mus. Vert. Zool.), in the hills north of 
Claremont (Hilton, 1909, pp. 53-54), and in the Santa Monica Moun- 
tains (Ruthling, 1915, p. 62). Specimens from 3 miles southeast of 
Lankershim and from 3 miles south of Nordhoff, Ventura County, are 
in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. Cope (1889, p. 185) lists a 
specimen from Fort Tejon, collected by H. W. Henshaw. 
In the central Sierra Nevada it has been taken in Madera County 
at North Fork, 2750 feet altitude (Mus. Vert. Zool.), and in Mariposa 
County, 3 miles east of Coulterville at 3100 feet (Grinnell and Camp, 
1917, p. 134). 
In the Coast Ranges it has been taken east to 22 miles southwest 
of Los Banos, Merced County (specimen in Mus. Vert. Zool.), but not 
at that town (compare Grinnell and Camp, 1917, loc. cit.). It is 
common in western Alameda County about Oakland and Berkeley, 
and north, interiorly, to near Napa, Napa County (Mus. Vert. Zool.). 
The northwesternmost stations of capture are Mendocino City (Grin- 
nell and Camp, loc. cit.), Comptche and Willits, Mendocino County 
(specimens in Calif. Acad. Sci.). No specimens are at hand from the 
triangular area between the Los Banos record, central Monterey 
County, and Saiita Barbara (where recorded by Fowler and Dunn, 
1917, p. 23), but I believe that this is due to> lack of collecting in that 
area at the appropriate season ; for example, the country around Santa 
Margarita would seem to be suitable for the occurrence of the species. 
The record by Baird (18595, p. 13) for “Columbia River” is undoubt- 
edly an error. 
Life-history —Aneides lugubris is a common species in the vicinity 
of San Francisco Bay and in the coast redwood belt in Marin, Sonoma, 
and southern Mendocino counties. Elsewhere in its range it is evi- 
dently less numerous and ordinarily specimens are found only by 
diligent search or by chance, chiefly during the rainy season. 
Aneides is unique among the salamanders of California if not in 
the whole Order Caudata in its ability and propensity for climbing 
