Ouachita Streambed Salamander vs. Many-ribbed Salamander
Many-ribbed Salamander larvae live in the same Slunger Creek pools, and the Streambed Salamander was first taken for one; it stays gilled and breeds at about 1.3 in from snout to vent. A: No dark stripe along the side of the snout and head in the Ouachita Streambed Salamander; a bold dark stripe along the side of the head through the eye in the Many-ribbed Salamander. B: Small, sunken, nearly all-black eye in the Ouachita Streambed Salamander; bigger eye with many gold flecks in the iris in the Many-ribbed Salamander. C: Flat head with a longer snout in the Ouachita Streambed Salamander; deeper, rounder head with a shorter snout in the Many-ribbed Salamander. The Streambed Salamander is also slimmer, with a thinner tail. It is known only from Lake Catherine State Park: never collect or move one.
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