Talladega Seal Salamander vs. Spotted Dusky Salamander
Spotted Duskies share the Talladega Seal's rocky streams in the Talladega Mountains, Ridge and Valley and Piedmont. A: Brown with little pattern, often just scattered dark spots, sharply set off from a pale belly in the Talladega Seal Salamander; six to eight pairs of separate golden or reddish spots in the Spotted Dusky Salamander. B: A broad, flat head on a stout body in the Talladega Seal Salamander; a narrower head on a slimmer body in the Spotted Dusky Salamander. The Talladega Seal grows bigger (to 5.5 in) and its young carry 6 or 7 pairs of round orange-brown spots.
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