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Savannah Dusky Salamander vs. Seal Salamander

Seal Salamanders share the Savannah Dusky's headwater streams, in North Carolina the upper French Broad in Transylvania County. A: Pairs of brown, orange or yellow blotches, often diamond-shaped in the Savannah Dusky Salamander; a bold net of dark, worm-like lines on lighter brown in the Seal Salamander. B: Small and slender in the Savannah Dusky Salamander; stout, with a big, heavy head in the Seal Salamander. The Seal's tail has a sharp keel and its belly is clean white; the Savannah Dusky's belly is grainy white and brown, and North Carolina animals have rounder tails.

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Savannah Dusky Salamander

Desmognathus campi

Seal Salamander

Desmognathus monticola
Savannah Dusky Salamander vs. Seal Salamander: comparison sheet with the differences marked

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