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Sequoia Slender Salamander vs. Mount Lyell Salamander

Both live in the high southern Sierra of Tulare County; their records meet there. A: Four slim, separate toes in the Sequoia Slender Salamander; short toes joined by webbing in the Mount Lyell Salamander. B: Round, worm-like body and a very long tail in the Sequoia Slender Salamander; very flat body and a short, blunt tail in the Mount Lyell Salamander. C: Dark brown with whitish speckling in the Sequoia Slender Salamander; granite-grey with greenish-silver lichen-like patches in the Mount Lyell Salamander.

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Sequoia Slender Salamander

Batrachoseps kawia

Mount Lyell Salamander

Hydromantes platycephalus
Sequoia Slender Salamander vs. Mount Lyell Salamander: comparison sheet with the differences marked

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