Cherokee Blackbelly Salamander vs. Spotted Dusky Salamander

Young blackbellies have paired yellow spots like a Spotted Dusky, and both live along the same Smokies streams. A: Jet black in adults in the Cherokee Blackbelly Salamander; pale, flecked with white; the sides fade into it in the Spotted Dusky Salamander. B: Two rows of small whitish dots along each side in the Cherokee Blackbelly Salamander; six to eight pairs of golden or reddish spots on the back, no rows of dots in the Spotted Dusky Salamander. C: Four or five pairs of yellow-orange spots and a big head; grow to 7 or 8 in in the Cherokee Blackbelly Salamander; smaller and slimmer, under 5 in even when grown in the Spotted Dusky Salamander.

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