Cheoah Bald Salamander vs. Ocoee Salamander

Ocoee Salamanders in the Nantahalas and on Cheoah Bald often have red or orange legs too (NC Parks). A: Rounded, with no pale line from the eye to the jaw in the Cheoah Bald Salamander; a pale line from the eye to the angle of the jaw in the Ocoee Salamander. B: Front and hind legs about the same size, red on top in the Cheoah Bald Salamander; hind legs much stouter than the front legs in the Ocoee Salamander. The Ocoee is a dusky salamander of seeps and wet rocks with a little keel near the tail tip; the Cheoah Bald a woodland salamander of the forest floor with a round tail.

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