THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCIENCE BULLETIN Vol. XXV 1 June 1, 1938 [No. 14 Concerning Mexican Salamanders EDWARD H. TAYLOR, DepartiiR'nt uf Zoulog.w University of Kansas Ab.stract : This study is based on a large collection of Caudata made in Mexico during the years 1932-1936, chiefly by Edward H. Taylor and Hobart M. Smith. Three species are described from the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College. Oedipus robertsi (Nevada de Toluca, Mexico), Oedipus smithi (Oaxaca), Oedipus altamontanus (Morelos), Oedipus giganteus (Jalapa, Veracruz), Oedipus multidentata (San Luis Potosi). Oedipus matnii (Hidalgo), and Amhystomn schmidti (Mexico) are described as new. Oedipus leprosus (Cope), recently placed in the synonymy of Oedipus cephcdicus (Cope), is revived as a valid species. The following species are discussed : Oedipus bellii, chiropterus, cephalicus, leprosus, orizahensis, platydaclylus, salvinii, lineolus, penuntulns; Ryacosiredon altamirani; and Gymnopis multiplicata oaxacae. THE present study is based on the collections made by Hobart M. Smith and myself in various localities in central and south-ern Mexico. Several of the species are represented by large series; some, unfortunately, by only one or two specimens or at most a small scries. Dunn, in his admirable work on the Salamanders of the family Plethodontidae, (1926) deals extensively with the plethodontid genus Oedipus, uniting with it the distinctive forms sometimes rec-ognized under the generic designations Oedipus Keferstein {Ophi-obatrachus Gray) and Thorius Cope. This work has been especially helpful in the study of the genus Oedipus. The recent review of the Ambystomid Salamanders of Mexico by Lafrentz and Wolterstorff (Abh. Ber. Mus. Natur. — Heimatk. Natur. Ver. Magdeburg, Bd. VI, Heft. H, pp. 90-127 and 128-149, respectively), has been helpful in the study of Ambystoma and Ryacosiredon. I am under great obligation to Dr. Thomas Barbour and Mr. Loveridge for the loan of the salamanders of the genus Oedipus in (259)
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