Apalachicola Dusky Salamander vs. Spotted Dusky Salamander
The two meet in the Choctawhatchee headwaters of the south-east; the Florida Natural Areas Inventory calls place the surest guide. A: Round, flattening only towards the thin tip in the Apalachicola Dusky Salamander; keeled: knife-edged on top towards the tip in the Spotted Dusky Salamander. B: 5 to 7 pairs of light, rounded, dark-edged blotches, often running together in the Apalachicola Dusky Salamander; separate golden or reddish spots in pairs in the Spotted Dusky Salamander. The Apalachicola Dusky keeps to small seepage streams in deep wooded ravines of the Choctawhatchee and lower Chattahoochee.
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