Great Balsams Mountain Dusky Salamander vs. Pygmy Salamander
Both are small duskies of the high Balsams' spruce-fir and wet forest floor. A: A wavy-edged stripe with no herringbone line in the Great Balsams Mountain Dusky Salamander; a coppery stripe with a dark herringbone (chevron) line down the middle in the Pygmy Salamander. B: Round, about as long as the body in the Great Balsams Mountain Dusky Salamander; short: much shorter than the body in the Pygmy Salamander. Pygmies are under 2 inches long, with silvery sides and bronze eyelids.
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