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Jemez Mountains Salamander vs. Western Tiger Salamander

The only two salamanders of the Jemez Mountains; both turn up under logs in the summer rains. A: Small (3 to 5.5 in), slender and long-bodied, with very short legs in the Jemez Mountains Salamander; big (to 8 in and more), stout, with a broad head in the Western Tiger Salamander. B: Dark brown to reddish brown with fine brassy flecks; no blotches in the Jemez Mountains Salamander; bold yellow or olive blotches, bars or a net on dark in the Western Tiger Salamander. Lungless salamanders have a thin groove from each nostril to the lip; tiger salamanders have none. A salamander with gills in a pond is a tiger salamander larva: the Jemez Mountains Salamander has no water stage.

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Jemez Mountains Salamander

Plethodon neomexicanus

Western Tiger Salamander

Ambystoma mavortium

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