Blue Ridge Blackbelly Salamander vs. Central Shovel-nosed Dusky Salamander

Both are big, dark duskies of fast mountain streams; they meet in the eastern Smokies and the Balsams. A: A big, deep, rounded head in the Blue Ridge Blackbelly Salamander; a small, flat, wedge-shaped head with big bulging eyes in the Central Shovel-nosed Dusky Salamander. B: Two rows of small whitish dots along each side in the Blue Ridge Blackbelly Salamander; no rows of small dots: muddled pale blotches in the Central Shovel-nosed Dusky Salamander. C: Black in adults in the Blue Ridge Blackbelly Salamander; dark grey, often paler down the middle in the Central Shovel-nosed Dusky Salamander.

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