L a cert A pun&ata. Spotted Eft. Body and tail dulky, belly 
lighted: j Tides marked with two or three rows of ijpots, in Tome 
white, in others yellowifh; and the tail with a Tingle row of the 
fame: tail comprefled; four unwebbed toes to the fore feetj five 
to the hind. 
Inhabits marfhy places in Carolina and Virgina. Swims by 
means of an undulated motion of the tail, keeping its legs clofe 
to the body. 
