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Kern Plateau Slender Salamander vs. Mount Lyell Salamander

Both live high in the southern Sierra; their records touch there. A: Four separate toes in the Kern Plateau Slender Salamander; short toes joined by webbing in the Mount Lyell Salamander. B: Round body and a long tail in the Kern Plateau Slender Salamander; very flat body and a short, blunt tail in the Mount Lyell Salamander. C: Rusty or bronze with a back stripe in the Kern Plateau Slender Salamander; granite-grey with lichen-like patches in the Mount Lyell Salamander.

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Kern Plateau Slender Salamander

Batrachoseps robustus

Mount Lyell Salamander

Hydromantes platycephalus
Kern Plateau Slender Salamander vs. Mount Lyell Salamander: comparison sheet with the differences marked

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