Southern Gray-cheeked Salamander vs. White-spotted Slimy Salamander
The White-spotted Slimy lives below and among the gray-cheeks in the southern Blue Ridge; a white-spotted slimy is the usual 'big black salamander' at lower elevations. A: No white spots in the Southern Gray-cheeked Salamander; thickly scattered with white spots in the White-spotted Slimy Salamander. B: Plain dark grey sides in the Southern Gray-cheeked Salamander; crowded white spots, the biggest low on the sides in the White-spotted Slimy Salamander. Slimy salamanders leave a glue on the hands that is hard to rub off; the gray-cheeks' secretion is sticky too, but they have no spots.
Open this comparison in WildsightSouthern Gray-cheeked Salamander
Plethodon metcalfiWhite-spotted Slimy Salamander
Plethodon cylindraceus
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