Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander vs. Black-bellied Slender Salamander
Both are slender salamanders with four toes; their records meet in the inner southern Coast Ranges. A: Rather robust, with fairly long legs in the Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander; very slim, with a narrow head and tiny legs in the Black-bellied Slender Salamander. B: A reddish or tan stripe in the Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander; dark, the stripe faint or missing in the Black-bellied Slender Salamander. C: Dark grey, with fine pale specks in the Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander; black, with fine white specks in the Black-bellied Slender Salamander. Range decides most of the time: the Gabilan Range and Monterey Bay (Gabilan) vs the southern Coast Ranges and Los Angeles area (Black-bellied).
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Batrachoseps gavilanensisBlack-bellied Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps nigriventris
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