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Caddo Mountain Salamander vs. Fourche Mountain Salamander

The two Arkansas-only mountain salamanders live on neighbouring Ouachita ridges (records 1 to 20 km apart in Montgomery and Polk counties); both have a pale chin. A: Many tiny, star-like brassy flecks scattered over the back in the Caddo Mountain Salamander; two rows of large, irregular, lichen-like pale blotches in the Fourche Mountain Salamander. B: Slender and smallish: adults about 3.5 to 4 in in the Caddo Mountain Salamander; big and stocky: adults 4.5 to 6.5 in in the Fourche Mountain Salamander. Place helps: the Caddo Mountain Salamander lives in the Caddo Mountains, the Fourche Mountain Salamander on Fourche and Irons Fork mountains.

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Caddo Mountain Salamander

Plethodon caddoensis

Fourche Mountain Salamander

Plethodon fourchensis

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