Oklahoma Salamander vs. Western Grotto Salamander

Land-living adults of both live at Ozark springs and cave mouths in northeastern Oklahoma (records share 5 one-degree squares). A: Large, bulging, working eyes with a gold iris in the Oklahoma Salamander; tiny eyes, the lids partly grown shut: the adults are nearly blind in the Western Grotto Salamander. B: Yellow-brown to orange-brown, flecked dark and pale, with darker sides in the Oklahoma Salamander; pale pinkish-white to light brown, almost no pattern in the Western Grotto Salamander. Grotto adults stay in the dark zone of caves; Oklahoma Salamanders on land are found at seeps, spring runs and cave mouths. Many Oklahoma Salamanders keep their gills and stay in streams instead.

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