Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo05amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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i66 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL The lar\^se of the marbled Salamander may be found in shallow ponds in the openings of woods. They grow rapidly and leave the water late in June or early in July. While developing, they pre- sent a dull, grayish appearance, thickly dotted with white, which pattern gives way to the markings of the adult a short time prior to their leaving the water. In the adult form this salamander selects dry situations, and may be found under stones in sandy, or dry and hilly country, where it burrows to some depth.
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FIG. 3 THE SPOTTED SALAMANDER From specimen in New York Zoological Park Salaman der. The Spotted Salamander, Amblystoma piinctatmn Linn. (Fig. 3), is a large form with stout body and broad head. The tail is Spotted rounded at the base, but bluntly compressed towards the end. Black above, with a row of round brilliant- yellow spots on each side. This row extends to the tip of the tail and is a ready means of identification. There are several of these spots, too, on the upper surface of each limb. The lower sides are slaty-gray, sprinkled with small, bluish-white spots. In form the Spotted Salamander slightly resembles the Tiger Salamander, but may be distinguished therefrom by the

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