. Familiar life in field and forest; the animals, birds, frogs, and salamanders . he drifted mass, where the trickling waters of alittle spring had formed a shallow pool, were numbersof long, lithe yellow salamanders, which I had notfound before, and so had held were not to be includedin our fauna. I forgot for the time that others mighthave been more fortunate, as was the case. Yes,these amber-yellow salamanders, even if they are notcommon in New Jersey, are somewhat common inNew York—in the southern Catskills, for instance—and in Pennsylvania. The northern range of thespecies is extended wit
. Familiar life in field and forest; the animals, birds, frogs, and salamanders . he drifted mass, where the trickling waters of alittle spring had formed a shallow pool, were numbersof long, lithe yellow salamanders, which I had notfound before, and so had held were not to be includedin our fauna. I forgot for the time that others mighthave been more fortunate, as was the case. Yes,these amber-yellow salamanders, even if they are notcommon in New Jersey, are somewhat common inNew York—in the southern Catskills, for instance—and in Pennsylvania. The northern range of thespecies is extended with decreasing numbers to theborders of Maine, and, although specimens may notbe common, perhaps, in New Hampshire, I have foundone as far north as Squam Lake. Southwardly andwestwardly this species is found in Florida and yellow salamander is aquatic to a certain extent,and frequents shallow brooks, stony swamps, and coldsprings ; but I have also found the little fellowamong the weeds that border the brook. He is asprightly creature, and wriggles away from the hand. - »! ** 4 1L . ll?* :S THE HOME OF THE REDSALAMANDER. SPELERPES RUBRA. THE MCCANN BROOK,CAMPTON, N. H. SOXGLESS BATRACHIAXS. 47 which captures him with the slightest opportunitythat is offered. A far commoner type of Spelerpes is the red sala-mander (Spelerpes rubra), which is found in almostevery mountain tarn or brook in the north 0,^ ^Bp^^ country. This is the fa-miliar, so-called redlizard, perhaps five inches long
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