Southern Blackbelly Salamander vs. Southern Shovel-nosed Dusky Salamander

Both are big duskies of the same fast streams in the southern Blue Ridge. A: A big, deep, rounded head in the Southern Blackbelly Salamander; a small, flat, wedge-shaped head with big eyes in the Southern Shovel-nosed Dusky Salamander. B: Mottled dark with small whitish dots along the sides in the Southern Blackbelly Salamander; dark with golden, lichen-like blotches in the Southern Shovel-nosed Dusky Salamander.

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