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Mud Salamander vs. Spring Salamander

The Mud Salamander is stout and red to brownish, with a dark brown eye, a short rounded snout, a short tail and a few round black spots, well spaced. The Spring Salamander has a pale line from the eye to the nostril, edged with dark, and clouded mottling rather than crisp spots.

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Mud Salamander

Pseudotriton montanus

Spring Salamander

Gyrinophilus porphyriticus
Mud Salamander vs. Spring Salamander: comparison sheet with the differences marked

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