728 AMPHIBIA—SALAMANDRID &. 
long, round, tapering; legs moderately long, slender, and not very strong; head, de- 
pressed ; eyes not as prominent asin P. erythronotus. Length, 44 inches; tail, 2 inches; 
head to cervical fold, 4 inch; breadth of head, 2 inch. 
Habitat, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, 
Louisiana, Illinois, Ohio, and the country included, Straits of Belle Isle. — 
This animal conceals itself under rocks and logs in moist places, but 
has been found upon dry, elevated ground. The color seems to vary 
much with age, the young being much more thickly spotted than the 
adult. In the specimens before me, this variation is not influenced by 
locality. They hybernate beneath wet logs, and go into the water to 
breed in April, in Georgia, and probably a little later in our limits. 
PLETHODON Fuscus Rafinesque. 
Dusky Salamander. 
Salamandra picta, HARLAN, STORER, DEKAY. 
Salamandra intermixia, GREEN, KIRTLAND. 
Salamandira quadramaculata, HOLBROOK. 
Triturus fuscus, RAFINESQUE. 
Desmognathus fusea, BAIRD, VERRILL, COPE. 
Salamandra auriculata, HALLOWELL, GRAY, BAIRD. 
Cylindrosoma auriculatum, DUMERIL and BIBRON, 
Salamandra haldemant,? HOLBROOK. 
Spelerpes haldemani,? HALLOWELL. 
 Plethodon fuseus, HALLOWELL. 
Yan Color brown marbled with pink; vertebral region not so dark ; laterally and 
Jj, Ventrally still lighter, sometimes yellowish or very light orange, but generally 
/ browa and white marbled; chin and gular region almost white; head very 
wy much depressed; muzzle round, not truncate; parasphenoidal teeth not con- 
Eg. Ho tiguous; vomerines few in a row on each side, often wanting; eyes prominent ; 
fuscus, dorsal longitudinal furrow present; cervical fold, postorbital and parotid 
se grooves well marked; costal furrows thirteen to fifteen, usually ffourteen, 
limbs small: toes long and slender; vertebra opisthocelous; tail compressed, carinate 
above, sometimes terminating in afin, but usually pointed. Length, 34 inne tail, 13 
inches; head to cervical fold, 4 inch; breadth of head, 5-16 inch. 
Habitat, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, New Noreen Virginia, 
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Indiana, 
and Ohio. 
Var. auriculatus differs from this by being black or nearly so above, with a reddish spot 
behind and below the eye, and minutely punctate with red upon the sides; extralimital. 
Habitat, South Carolina to Louisiana. 
Lives in shallow brooks, and emits its eggs in a string connected by 
albuminous matter, which is afterwards wound around the poy by one 
of the pair. 
