Sacramento Mountain Salamander vs. Western Tiger Salamander
The only two salamanders of the Sacramento Mountains; both are found under logs in the summer rains (they share the Sierra Blanca and Sacramento Mountains square). A: Small (to about 4 in), slim, with short legs in the Sacramento Mountain Salamander; big (to 8 in and more), stout, with a broad head in the Western Tiger Salamander. B: Dark brown with fine brassy or greenish flecks in the Sacramento Mountain Salamander; bold yellow or olive blotches, bars or a net on dark in the Western Tiger Salamander. Lungless salamanders have a thin groove from each nostril to the lip; tiger salamanders have none. A salamander with gills in a pond or tank is a tiger salamander larva: the Sacramento Mountain Salamander has no water stage.
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