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Reticulated Flatwoods Salamander vs. Mole Salamander

Reticulated Flatwoods Salamanders breed in the same pine-flatwoods ponds of the western Panhandle as Mole Salamanders. A: A net of thin grey lines on brownish black in the Reticulated Flatwoods Salamander; grey or blue-grey flecks, no net in the Mole Salamander. B: Long, with a tapering snout in the Reticulated Flatwoods Salamander; huge and broad in the Mole Salamander. The Reticulated Flatwoods Salamander is federally endangered; leave it where it is.

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Reticulated Flatwoods Salamander

Ambystoma bishopi

Mole Salamander

Ambystoma talpoideum
Reticulated Flatwoods Salamander vs. Mole Salamander: comparison sheet with the differences marked

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