Carolina Mountain Dusky Salamander vs. Northern Pygmy Salamander

Both live under moss and logs high in the Bald and Unaka mountains. A: 2.5 to 4.5 in in the Carolina Mountain Dusky Salamander; under about 2.3 in: tiny in the Northern Pygmy Salamander. B: A plain stripe, red, yellow or tan, or dark in the Carolina Mountain Dusky Salamander; a dark herringbone (chevron) line down the middle of a coppery stripe in the Northern Pygmy Salamander. C: As long as the body or longer in the Carolina Mountain Dusky Salamander; short, shorter than the body in the Northern Pygmy Salamander.

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