. The Batrachia of North America [microform]. Amphibians; Amphibiens. T. 188 BULLETIN :!l, UMTEI) STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. The skill ol" the A. iiranm is smootli. Tliere are tliirteeii hiteral IbUls between axilla aiid yroiii, and a stroiij; pectoro jiiilartbld. The hit- ter rises on each side in front of the shoulder, and then turns upwards and forwards. It is soon changed into a narrow dermal ridge or rib, whieh is (Irst eonvex iii)wards and then eonvex downwards, and then terminates in line with the a diameter of the latter behind it. The feet are short, the diyits are tlatten
. The Batrachia of North America [microform]. Amphibians; Amphibiens. T. 188 BULLETIN :!l, UMTEI) STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. The skill ol" the A. iiranm is smootli. Tliere are tliirteeii hiteral IbUls between axilla aiid yroiii, and a stroiij; pectoro jiiilartbld. The hit- ter rises on each side in front of the shoulder, and then turns upwards and forwards. It is soon changed into a narrow dermal ridge or rib, whieh is (Irst eonvex iii)wards and then eonvex downwards, and then terminates in line with the a diameter of the latter behind it. The feet are short, the diyits are tlattened and are obtuse at the tips. The pollex is only free by a slight notch, and the hallux by a rather deei>er one. The phalanges are: Anterior, l-2-.'5-2; jmsleiior, l-L'-:5-3-2. The third and (iflli anterior digits ard at the base, and beeonics round in see- tion to the end of the jtroxima] two-fifths. It then becomes giadually more compressed, until ic is quite Hat for the distal third. 2 V / ^^afi/ III m \\\ ^ 7 1 3 4 6 T\). AiitmJax iVcaniin. No. U'lOC. County, ('alifuniiii; \. The color is black, relieved by a yellowish-brown shade of the ehin. and of the i)alms and soles, and half the inferior side of tiie fore aim- A line of the same (!olor passes from the nostril to the upper lip, and lln' lower eyelid has the same color. The sui)erior surfaces and sides ot the hea I, body, and tail are dusted rather thickly with small suiH'(pial bluish-white spots, much as are seen in Plethodon (jlKtinosus. M(enj;tli of hind limb (117 lieiiniii of Iiind foot (t(W Width between orbitH (least) niKti; Width of head (;j;reat(>Ht) Oil The typical adidt specimen displays the anomaly of the suppression of the fourth posterior digit of the left side. This salamander resembles tiie rkthmhn glntinosus in various re- spects, especially in coloration. It lias, however, a compresscMl tail, like tiie /'. intarmeiliiin, and short series of vomerine teeth. The reeurviMl commissure of
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