Cheat Mountain Salamander vs. Eastern Red-backed Salamander
The Red-backed lives at 89% of Cheat Mountain sites (Pauley 2022; records in 20 of its 21 tenth-degree squares); lead-backed Red-backeds are plain dark salamanders and can carry brassy flecks too. A: Never a stripe: black or dark brown, covered with fine gold flecks in the Cheat Mountain Salamander; usually a straight-edged red, orange or grey stripe in the Eastern Red-backed Salamander. B: Evenly dark grey, with only fine pale specks in the Cheat Mountain Salamander; bold salt and pepper, like grey granite in the Eastern Red-backed Salamander.
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