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4, 11, 27, 28, 29, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, fig. 13-14,28, 31; Wilkens, 1973a:329, fig. 2; Wilkens,1973b:204, 205; Wilkens, 1973c:55, 56,57; Rosenand Greenwood, 1976:6; Durand, 1977:17.Furmastix: Whitley, 1950:67; Mees, 1962:32.Synbranchus infemalis: Mees, 1962:27, 28, 31, 32;Thines, 1969:18, 23-24, 29, 182-183, 261, 271­272, fig. 77; Thines and Tercafs, 1972:63.Symbranchus infemalis: Reddell, 1971b:85; Thinesand Durand, 1973:275.Furmastik infemalis: De Buen, 1972:197 (erroneousspelling).Ophistemon infemale: Rosen and Greenwood, 1976:8, 10, 13, 18,22, 23, 25, 28, 34, 36, 37,42,43,45, 47,52,60,61,62,63,64,fig. 7,8,31,45,66,67; Reddell, 1977b:236, 237,239,24~258,268,281, 285, fig. 7-8; Reddell, 1977c:cover, insidetitle page.Ophistemon: Rosen, 1976:434,435,436,442,457,458, fig. 1,2, 2l.Type-locality.-Hoctun Cave (=Cenote de Hoccin),at Hocrun, between Merida and Chichen Itza, Yucatan,Mexico.Distribution.-Known only from four caves in Yucatanand possibly two caves in Quintana Roo. SeeFig. 85.Records.-Quintana Roo: ?Actun Ha and ?Cenotede Santo Domingo; Yucatan: Grutas de Balankanche,Cenote de Hoccin, Cenote del Pochote, and Grutasde Tzab- ah.Discussion.-The genus Ophistemon, as revised byRosen and Greenwood (1976), includes a diversegroup of species from both the Old and New Worlds.The only New World species, other than O. infemale,is O. enigmaticum Rosen and Greenwood, whichranges from northern South America into southernMexico. One other species, O. candidum (Mees) fromWestern Australia, is a troglobite. The zoogeographyof the genus has been discussed by Rosen (1976).Ophistemon infemale has been found resting on theguano-covered floor of a large pool near the end ofCenote de Hoccin, buried partially in mud in a smallpool below the inner skylight entrance to Grutas deTzab-Nah, and swimming along the silt floor of apool in Grutas de Balankanche. The two questionablerecords from Quintana Roo are based on sightings ofsingle individuals partially buried in silt and rocks insmall shallow pools in each cave.Class AmphibiaOrder UrodelaAlthough several species of salamander in the UnitedStates and one in Europe have become sufficientlyadapted to cave life to be classified as trogl