Dwarf Black-bellied Salamander vs. Southern Blackbelly Salamander
The Dwarf Black-bellied lives in the same rocky streams of Clay County as the Southern (Nantahala) Blackbelly and is told mostly by size (NC Parks). A: Defined brown blotches, or black worm-like lines on brown in the Dwarf Black-bellied Salamander; dark mottled, without defined brown blotches in the Southern Blackbelly Salamander. Size helps: Dwarf Black-bellied females are under about 3 in from snout to vent, Southern Blackbelly females over about 3.25 in. Young Southern Blackbellies keep a red stripe on the tail for years and are often olive-green; young Dwarf Black-bellied lose the red within weeks. Both have a black belly, a pale line from the eye to the jaw and two rows of pale dots along each side.
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Desmognathus folkertsiSouthern Blackbelly Salamander
Desmognathus amphileucus
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