E V I O R A MeseiiMM of CoaMparative Zoology Cambridge, Mass. February 28, 1955 Number 42 A NEW SALAMANDER OF THE GENUS PARVIMOLGE FROM MEXICO By GrEOEGE B. Rabb Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 111 the Museum of Comparative Zoology there is a specimen of a Mexican plethodontid salamander superficially similar to in-dividuals of Pseiidoeurycea cephalica. Examination indicates that it actually represents an undescribed form of the genus Parvimolge Taylor, which may be known as Parvimolge praecellens, new species (Figure 1) Type. An apparently immature female, Museum of Compara-tive Zoology No. 24701, collected at Hacienda el Potrero, near the city of Cordoba, Vera Cruz, Mexico, on December 24, 1940, by Archie F. Carr. Diagnosis. A small plethodontid salamander related to Parvi-molge townsendi by virtue of syndactylous feet, with the par-tially free digits having pointed tips, and by the presence of conspicuous though small glands about the middorsal line. It differs from P. townsendi in larger body size, greater number of teeth, and in having small nostrils. It differs from the only other species assigned to this genus, richardi, not only in these charac-ters but also in having conspicuous dorsal glands. Descr-ipiion. General aspect of body robust. Length of tail approximately six-sevenths of distance from snout to posterior end of vent. Head length (snout to center of gular fold) con-tained about four times in snout-vent distance ; maximum head
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