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Carolina Sandhills Salamander vs. Southern Two-lined Salamander

The Carolina Sandhills Salamander was split from the two-lined salamanders; their larvae cannot be told apart (NC Parks). A: No solid dark line: at most a row of small black dots from behind the eye in the Carolina Sandhills Salamander; a solid black line along each side, from the eye down the tail in the Southern Two-lined Salamander. B: Orange, red or reddish-orange, with small scattered black spots in the Carolina Sandhills Salamander; yellow to brownish-yellow in the Southern Two-lined Salamander. The Sandhills Salamander is shorter with a narrower head, and lives only in the blackwater streamheads of the Sandhills.

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Carolina Sandhills Salamander

Eurycea arenicola

Southern Two-lined Salamander

Eurycea cirrigera
Carolina Sandhills Salamander vs. Southern Two-lined Salamander: comparison sheet with the differences marked

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