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cirrhi or nasal appendages were about one-fourth of aninchlong. From 
the situation where they were found, and from their general appearance, 
they must be placed among the Land Salamanders; but their fleshy 
cirrhi seem,conclusively to prove that their principal resort must be in 
the water.” 
SPELERPES LONGICAUDUS Green. 
Cave or Long-tailed Salamander. 
Salamandra longicauda, GREEN, HOLBROOK, KIRTLAND, DEKAY, HARLAN. 
Spelerpes lucifuga, RAFINESQUE, 
Cylindrosoma longicaudatum, TSCHUDI, DUMERIL and BIBRON. 
Saurocercus longicaudus, FITZINGER. 
Spelerpes longicaudus, BAIRD, COPE, JORDAN. 
Color yellow; body, head, chin, and gular region cream-colored, belly yellowish — 
white; spots dark colored, numerous, and irregular in form, scattered thickly over the 
upper and lateral surface; below immaculate; head nearly oval, more depressed than 
in the preceding species; vomerine teeth and sphenoidai groups not contiguous; eyes 
elongated, not very prominent; nostrils lateral and minute; postorbital fold invisible, 
parotid well marked, but the place of the gular represented by a scar; limbs slender ; 
digits moderate, widely separated ; tail very long, nearly equalling and sometimes ex- 
ceeding twice the length of the body ; back without a longitudinal groove, but with the 
‘spots here and upon the sides arranged somewhat in rows. Length, 5 inches; tail 31-5 
inches ; head to gular fold, 2 inch; breadth of head, + inch. 
Habitat, Maine, New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, Louisiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and 
Wisconsin. : 
From the State I have seen but one specimen, which was captured 
near Lancaster. It frequents running water in deep caverns,.and thus 
resembles the Proteus of Carniola. Its subterranean habits prepare us 
to expect what we actually find it to be, one of our most beautiful species 
of Salamander, 
SPELERPES RUBER Daudin. 
The Red Salamander. 
Salamandra rubra, DAUDIN, HOLBROOK, DEKAY. 
Salamandra maculata, GREEN, STORER, HARLAN. 
Salamandra rubriventris, GREEN, KIRTLAND. 
Salamandra subfusca, GREEN. © 
Salamandra fusca, HARLAN. 
Pseudotriton subfuscus, TSCHUDI. 
Mycetoglossa ruber, BIBRON. 
Mycetoglossus subfuscus, BONAPART2. 
Siren operculata, PALISSOT BEAUVOIS. 
Proteus neo-cesariensis, GREEN, 
