Blue Ridge Dusky Salamander vs. Northern Dusky Salamander
Both are brown duskies with a pale line from the eye to the jaw in the north-east mountains. A: Round all along, no keel in the Blue Ridge Dusky Salamander; flattened and sharply keeled on top in the Northern Dusky Salamander. B: Usually a bright stripe, straight or wavy-edged in the Blue Ridge Dusky Salamander; dull brown, any pattern faint in the Northern Dusky Salamander. C: Slim, a land-living salamander often far from water in the Blue Ridge Dusky Salamander; stouter, with heavier hind legs; stays by the water in the Northern Dusky Salamander.
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