A New Salamander from the Ouachita Mountains

Abstract

ON the first of May, 1933, Mr. L. Hubricht collected on Rich Mt., east of Page, Le Flore Co., Oklahoma. His collection contained a redbacked specimen of Plethodon cinereus, a specimen of Plethodon glutinosus, and five specimens of an undescribed Plethodon, thus adding three species to the fauna of Oklahoma. On May thirtieth, the junior author and Miss Dorothy A. Boyer collected four additional specimens of the new form in the Ouachita National Forest on Rich Mt. in Polk Co., Arkansas, about nine miles east of Hubricht's locality. Both sites are on the northern side of the mountain. The Plethodon may be termed