Sequoia Slender Salamander vs. Kern Plateau Slender Salamander

Their ranges do not meet: the Kaweah River drainage (Sequoia) vs the Kern Plateau and the east slope of the southern Sierra (Kern Plateau). A: Slim and worm-like, with a narrow head and a very long tail in the Sequoia Slender Salamander; robust: a fairly broad head, broad feet with big toes in the Kern Plateau Slender Salamander. B: 18 to 20; a longer trunk in the Sequoia Slender Salamander; 16 or 17, fewer than any neighbour; a short trunk in the Kern Plateau Slender Salamander. C: Dark brown to black with whitish speckling in the Sequoia Slender Salamander; rusty, bronze, grey or reddish with dark flecks and a back stripe in the Kern Plateau Slender Salamander. RANGE IS THE SUREST WAY TO TELL THEM APART: where you are decides which one it is; the rows below help confirm it.

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