Ensatina vs. California Newt
Both are orange-brown salamanders out on rainy nights from the coast into the mountains; their records overlap widely. A: Smooth and shiny in the Ensatina; rough, grainy and dull (dry to the touch) in the California Newt. B: Big and black, bulging in the Ensatina; a yellow iris and a pale lower eyelid in the California Newt. The Ensatina's tail is pinched in where it meets the body; a newt's is thick at the base and flattened.
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