Mount Lyell Salamander vs. Limestone Salamander
Both are web-toed salamanders; their records touch where the Merced River canyon meets the high Sierra. A: Granite-grey with greenish-silver lichen-like patches in the Mount Lyell Salamander; plain brown, the young yellowish in the Limestone Salamander. B: Very flat in the Mount Lyell Salamander; flat, the snout rounded in the Limestone Salamander. The Limestone Salamander lives only on limestone in the lower Merced River canyon; the Mount Lyell Salamander on high granite.
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