Cow Knob Salamander vs. White-spotted Slimy Salamander

Both are dark woodland salamanders thickly spotted with white, under the same rocks on Shenandoah and North mountains (White-spotted Slimy records in 8 of the Cow Knob's 12 tenth-degree squares, all strong). A: Cream to pink, darkening on the chest into a plain grey belly in the Cow Knob Salamander; dark, as dark as the slate-black belly in the White-spotted Slimy Salamander. B: Slender, with thin legs and slightly bulging eyes; dark grey to brownish in the Cow Knob Salamander; stouter and glossy black in the White-spotted Slimy Salamander. C: White to yellowish, crowded into a band low on the sides that runs onto the cheeks in the Cow Knob Salamander; silvery-white, scattered, not crowded onto the cheeks in the White-spotted Slimy Salamander.

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