Blue Ridge Blackbelly Salamander vs. Northern Dusky Salamander

Both are keel-tailed brown duskies of the north-east mountain streams. A: Heavy, with a big head; up to 7 or 8 in in the Blue Ridge Blackbelly Salamander; smaller, with a small head; up to about 5 in in the Northern Dusky Salamander. B: Two rows of small whitish dots along each side in the Blue Ridge Blackbelly Salamander; dull brown, any pattern faint; no rows of dots in the Northern Dusky Salamander. C: Black in adults in the Blue Ridge Blackbelly Salamander; pale, mottled grey-brown in the Northern Dusky Salamander.

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