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Olympic Torrent Salamander vs. Ensatina

Both live in moist forest on the Olympic Peninsula (records overlap); both are plain brown above. A: A short tail, not pinched at its base in the Olympic Torrent Salamander; tail pinched in at its base in the Ensatina. B: Small and stout with big bulging eyes in the Olympic Torrent Salamander; big dark eyes; long pale legs in the Ensatina. The Olympic Torrent lives right in ice-cold trickles; the Ensatina under logs on the forest floor.

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Olympic Torrent Salamander

Rhyacotriton olympicus

Ensatina

Ensatina eschscholtzii
Olympic Torrent Salamander vs. Ensatina: comparison sheet with the differences marked

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