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Northern Shovel-nosed Salamander vs. Seal Salamander

Both are keel-tailed duskies of rocky mountain streams; shovel-noses stay in the riffles, Seals also on the banks. A: A small, flat, wedge-shaped head with big bulging eyes in the Northern Shovel-nosed Salamander; an ordinary rounded head in the Seal Salamander. B: Dark with pale mottled blotches in two rows (muddled in old adults) in the Northern Shovel-nosed Salamander; lighter brown with a bold net of dark worm-like lines in the Seal Salamander. C: Dark grey, often paler down the middle in the Northern Shovel-nosed Salamander; clean white, sharply set off from the sides in the Seal Salamander.

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Northern Shovel-nosed Salamander

Desmognathus marmoratus

Seal Salamander

Desmognathus monticola

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