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Seal Salamander vs. Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander

A Seal Salamander is larger and stouter, with bold dark, worm-like blotches on a pale brown back, a tail flattened and knife-edged towards the tip, and a pale belly. An Allegheny Mountain Dusky is smaller, usually with a straight-edged tan, yellow or reddish stripe, and a round or oval tail only weakly keeled.

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Seal Salamander

Desmognathus monticola

Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander

Desmognathus ochrophaeus
Seal Salamander vs. Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander: comparison sheet with the differences marked

Photographs via iNaturalist under Creative Commons licences; the photographers are credited on the sheet.

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