730 _  AMPHIBIA—SALAMANDRIDZ. 
Spelerpes salmoneus, GRAY, COPx. 
Gyrinophilus porphyriticus, COPE. 
Amblystoma salmoneum, DUMERIL and BIBRON. . 
Color yellowish-brown above; sides salmon color, with a tinge of yellow; upper sur- 
face irregularly marked with gray, below white; tail yellowish, head large, flattened ; 
muzzle truncate; eyes prominent, and distant from each other ; inner nares large ; nos- 
trils small; gular fold strongly marked; canthus rostralis prominent; dorsal longi- 
tudinal groove present; costal furrows usually fourteen; limbs moderate; digits en- 
tirely distinct; tail compressed and carinate. Length, 5.7 inches; tail, 2.3 inches. 
Habitat, Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Alabama, and 
Ohio. | } 
The Salmon-colored Salamander is found on moist land, under logs in 
damp woods, and in still water. It attempts self-defense, snaps savagely, 
and throws its body into contortions when disturbed. In confinement it 
appeared healthy for a year, and lived upon flies. 
Prof. Baird* calls attention to this animal being much more easily 
discovered in a larval than in the mature condition near Carlisle, 
Pennsylvania, stating that he had caught hundreds of larve before 
finding a single adult. It is included in this list as coming from Ohio 
on authority. , 
GENUS NOTOPHTHALMUS. Rafinesque. 
Teeth in two longitudinal series, closely approximated in front, divergent behind ; 
tongue attached anteriorly and posteriorly, and with only a small portion of its lateral 
margins free; postorbital arch long and strong, formed by the union of the tympanic 
and frontal bones; palatine processes cuneiform ; spinous process of vertebra quadran- 
gular; ribs rudimentary; tail small, compressed from the base; toes four in front and 
five behind, the first and fifth rudimentary. 
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NoToPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS Rafinesque. 
Newt, Evet, Eft or Crimson Spotted Tritom. 
Triturus viridescens,t RAFINESQUE. 
Diemyctylus viridescens, RAFINESQUE, HALLOWELL, VERRILL, COPE, ALLEN. 
Diemyctylus miniatus,t RAFINESQUE, HALLOWELL, VERRILL, COPE, ALLEN 
Salamandra stellio, SAY. | 
Salamandra symmetrica, HARLAN, HOLBROOK, KIRTLAND, DEKAY, STORER. 
Salamandra punctatissima, Woop. 
Salamandra dorsalis, HARLAN, HOLBROOK, KIRTLAND, STORER. 
Salamandra millepunctata, STORER. 
Salamandra coccinnea, ? DEKAY. 
Notophthalmus miniatus, STORER. 
*Journ, Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1850. 
tCope makes two sub-species, viridescens and miniatus. 
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