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Title: Guide leaflet
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: American Museum of Natural History Natural history
Publisher: New York : The Museum
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: IMLS / LSTA / METRO

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ectly round tail. The Red-backed Salamander Plethodon cincrcus erythronotusGreen (Fig. 7), in size and dimensions is like the preceding form.Grayish on the sides with a bright reddish band on Red-backed the back. Salaman- This band is wide, covering the greater portion der* of the back and extending towards the end of the tail, where itbecomes obscure. The lower portions of the sides present a (17) 172 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL thickly dotted appearance; the abdomen is grayish, marbledwith darker gray. On some specimens the bright band on theback is sprinkled with small gray dots, but these are sominute that they scarcely produce a dull effect upon the color.On occasional specimens these dots fuse together, forming a dullline down the back, and imparting a resemblance to the markingsof many specimens of the Two-lined Salamander. From thelatter, however, the present species is at once distinguished byits round tail. Range: The United States east of the Mississippi and southernCanada.
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FIG. 8. THE SLIMY SALAMANDERFrom specimen in New York Aquarium Local Distribution: Generally abundant in damp woods. This variety is commonly found with the typical form, andoccasionally under the same logs and stones with the SlimySalamander. The Slimy Salamander, Plethodon glutinosus Green (Fig. 8), is of moderate size and rather slender, cylindrical form. The tail is round. Black above, thickly covered with ir- Salaman- regular greenish-white, or lichen-gray spots, these often der. appearing like patches of silvery dust. Different specimens show great variation in the size of the patches, some being blotched with the light color, while others might be said to (18) BATRACHIANS OF THE VICINITY OF NEW YORK 173 be finely speckled therewith. Lead color beneath, on which dullsurface many specimens show numerous white dots. This speciessomewhat resembles the Marbled Salamander, but may be dis-tinguished therefrom by its round tail and more numerous spots.It is, moreover, a more slender cr

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