Holbrook's Southern Dusky Salamander vs. Southeastern Slimy Salamander

Southeastern Slimy Salamanders share the same south Georgia bottomlands; both are dark with white spots. A: White portholes in rows low on the side; the back plain dark in the Holbrook's Southern Dusky Salamander; white or brassy flecks scattered over the back and sides in the Southeastern Slimy Salamander. A dusky has a pale line from the eye to the angle of the jaw; a slimy salamander does not. The slimy salamander leaves glue on the hands and has a round tail; Holbrook's has a blade-like tail and bigger hind legs.

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