MEXICAN AMPHIBIANS—TAYLOR AND SMITH 537 
Of an original series of 11 specimens, the type and paratypes, 
U.S.N.M. Nos. 110635 (type) and 110631-110634, 110636-110639, 
are in the collection from Cuautlapan, Veracruz, taken in January 
and February 1940. The specimens are from the nearby mountain 
tops rather than from the narrow valley in which the village of Cuaut- 
lapan lies, and from an elevation possibly a thousand feet higher. 
Two of the cotypes of Spelerpes leprosus Cope (1869a, pp. 105-106), 
which are now U.S.N.M. No. 6340, belong to this species. 
BOLITOGLOSSA ROBERTSI (Taylor) 
Oedipus robertst Taytor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., vol. 25, No. 14, 1988 (July 10, 
1939a), pp. 287-289, pl. 26, fig. 2 (Nevado de Toluca, 10,000 to 11,000 feet 
elevation). 
The six specimens of this series (U.S.N.M. Nos. 116231-116236) 
are topotypes, collected October 2, 1939. The broad dorsal stripe 
varies from dull orange to orange-brown, but much of this color is 
lost by preservation. ‘These specimens were found under rocks and 
logs, usually directly on the ground. 
BOLITOGLOSSA COCHRANAE Taylor if 
Bolitoglossa cochranae Tayuor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., vol. 29, pt. 2, No. 8, 
1943b, pp. 348-845 (Cerro San Felipe, Oaxaca, Oaxaca). 
U.S.N.M. No. 116386 is a paratopotype, collected July 10-20, 1940. 
BOLITOGLOSSA BELLII (Gray) 
Spelerpes bellii Gray, Catalogue of the Batrachia Gradientia in the British Mu- 
seum, 1850, p. 46 (México). 
Bolitoglossa bellit Taytor, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 54, 1941f, p. 77. 
The collection has U.S.N.M. No. 116227 from 12 miles west of 
Villa Victoria, México, March 6, 1939; U.S.N.M. No. 116228 from 
Nevado de Toluca, México, October 2, 1939; U.S.N.M. No. 116229 
from 4 miles east of Carapa, Michoacén, September 12, 1939; and 
U.S.N.M. No. 116230 from Omilteme, Guerrero, August 2-4, 1940. 
This species is distinguished by a pair of red spots on the head; the 
body is elongated so that the adpressed limbs are separated by three or 
four costal folds; and it probably attains as large a size as B. gigantea. 
The specimens were usually found under clumps of dead grass 
pulled up by local workmen to obtain the roots. 
We have examined one specimen from Mount Zempoaltepec, 
Oaxaca (U.S.N.M. No. 46924), which has a large red spot laterally 
on the shoulder above the arm as well asa pair of occipital spots. 
The body is crossed by transverse, somewhat chevron-shaped, red 
bars, which continue some distance on the tail. This same form 
occurs also on the Cerro San Felipe, as exemplified by a very young 
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