California Giant Salamander vs. Northwestern Salamander
Both live in moist coastal forest from Mendocino County north; their records overlap there. A: Marbled dark brown or black over tan in the California Giant Salamander; plain brown, no marbling in the Northwestern Salamander. B: A huge broad head with no gland in the California Giant Salamander; a swollen gland behind the eye in the Northwestern Salamander.
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