Columbia Torrent Salamander vs. Western Red-backed Salamander

Both live in wet rock and seeps along small forest streams west of the Cascades. A: Small and stout with big bulging eyes and a short tail in the Columbia Torrent Salamander; slim, with smaller eyes and a longer tail in the Western Red-backed Salamander. B: Plain olive with few dark spots, no stripe in the Columbia Torrent Salamander; a stripe down the back in the Western Red-backed Salamander. C: Bright yellow-orange in the Columbia Torrent Salamander; grey, salt-and-pepper in the Western Red-backed Salamander. They live right in ice-cold trickles.

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