San Simeon Slender Salamander vs. Santa Lucia Mountains Slender Salamander

Both are slender salamanders; their records meet in the Santa Lucia Range. A: Broad, continuous bronze, reddish-tan or buff stripe running smoothly onto the tail in the San Simeon Slender Salamander; narrower, duller bronze-brown, often broken by heavy dark slate or black stippling in the Santa Lucia Mountains Slender Salamander. B: Narrow, delicate, cylindrical toes, unwebbed in the San Simeon Slender Salamander; toes slightly wider at the base, slightly joined in the Santa Lucia Mountains Slender Salamander.

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