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Long-tailed Salamander vs. Southern Two-lined Salamander

Both are yellow to orange brook salamanders. Long-tailed is spotted all over with black, and the spots on its tail run into vertical bars; its tail is more than half its length. Two-lined has a dark line down each side from the eye onto the tail, with the back between them plain or finely dotted.

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Long-tailed Salamander

Eurycea longicauda

Southern Two-lined Salamander

Eurycea cirrigera
Long-tailed vs. Southern Two-lined Salamander: comparison sheet with the differences marked

Photographs via iNaturalist under Creative Commons licences; the photographers are credited on the sheet.

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