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Seal Salamander vs. Northern Dusky Salamander

Both are stream duskies with a pale line from the eye to the jaw and a keeled tail. A Seal Salamander is larger and stouter, with a bold pattern of dark worm-like lines and blotches on a pale brown back, and an almost unmarked pale belly. A Northern Dusky is duller brown, its pattern faint and fading with age, and its belly is mottled.

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Seal Salamander

Desmognathus monticola

Northern Dusky Salamander

Desmognathus fuscus
Seal Salamander vs. Northern Dusky Salamander: comparison sheet with the differences marked

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