Seepage Salamander vs. Southern Red-backed Salamander

Both are small woodland salamanders with a reddish stripe in the same moist woods of the far south-east. A: A pale line from the eye to the jaw in the Seepage Salamander; no pale line in the Southern Red-backed Salamander. B: A wavy stripe with a dark Y behind the head running on down the middle in the Seepage Salamander; a clean red stripe with finely saw-toothed edges in the Southern Red-backed Salamander. C: Bigger than the front legs, with a pale spot on top of each thigh in the Seepage Salamander; no bigger than the front legs, no thigh spot in the Southern Red-backed Salamander.

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