Dark-sided Salamander vs. Cave Salamander

Both are slim, long-tailed brook salamanders of limestone bluffs, cave mouths and spring runs along the Mississippi. The Dark-sided is greenish-yellow to yellow-brown with scattered dark spots on the back and a broad dark band flecked with silver along each side; the Cave Salamander is deep orange to brick red with round black spots scattered everywhere, no dark band on the sides, and a longer tail. Young Cave Salamanders are yellower and closer to the Dark-sided; look for the side band.

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