Fourche Mountain Salamander vs. Western Slimy Salamander
Western Slimy Salamanders live on Fourche and Irons Fork mountains too (a record within 10 km of every Fourche Mountain record); both are big and black. A: Pale, whitish chin in the Fourche Mountain Salamander; dark chin, about as dark as the belly in the Western Slimy Salamander. B: Two rows of large, irregular, lichen-like pale blotches in the Fourche Mountain Salamander; small, scattered silvery-white spots, biggest along the sides; no big blotches in the Western Slimy Salamander.
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