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Streamside Salamander vs. Northern Slimy Salamander

A Slimy is glossy jet black with discrete white or brassy spots over the whole back, and its skin leaves a glue on your hands. A Streamside is dull grey-black with grey lichen-like flecking and a small blunt head, and breeds in rocky streams.

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Streamside Salamander

Ambystoma barbouri

Northern Slimy Salamander

Plethodon glutinosus
Streamside vs. Northern Slimy Salamander: comparison sheet with the differences marked

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