Ravine Salamander vs. Northern Dusky Salamander
Northern Duskies leave the streams on wet nights and turn up under the same logs (records in 16 of the Ravine Salamander's one-degree squares). A: No pale line from the eye to the jaw in the Ravine Salamander; a pale line from behind the eye to the angle of the jaw in the Northern Dusky Salamander. B: Short legs, the hind no bigger than the front in the Ravine Salamander; hind legs much larger and heavier than the front in the Northern Dusky Salamander.
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