Southern Grotto Salamander vs. Dark-sided Salamander
Dark-sided Salamanders live at the springs, seeps and cave mouths of the same Ozark hills (a record within 10 km of most Southern Grotto records). A: Tiny eyes under lids that are partly or fully grown shut in the Southern Grotto Salamander; big, bulging, working eyes in the Dark-sided Salamander. B: Pale pinkish-white, no pattern in the Southern Grotto Salamander; yellow to orange with dark spots and dark sides in the Dark-sided Salamander. Grotto adults live deep in caves; the gilled grotto larvae are brown to grey and plain, Dark-sided larvae yellowish with distinct dark spots.
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