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Tehachapi Slender Salamander vs. Gregarious Slender Salamander

Their records touch at the south end of the Sierra Nevada (Kern County). A: Light grey to cream, clearly paler than the back, so the lower sides contrast (no open photo shows it) in the Tehachapi Slender Salamander; dark charcoal to slate, about as dark as the back, with fine silver flecks (no open photo shows it) in the Gregarious Slender Salamander. B: Robust and heavy-bodied: one of the biggest, thickest southern Sierra slender salamanders (body 50 to 60+ mm) in the Tehachapi Slender Salamander; very slim and small, worm-like (body 35 to 44 mm) in the Gregarious Slender Salamander. C: Broad, wide head with prominent, bulging eyes in the Tehachapi Slender Salamander; long, narrow head; modest eyes in the Gregarious Slender Salamander.

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Tehachapi Slender Salamander

Batrachoseps stebbinsi

Gregarious Slender Salamander

Batrachoseps gregarius

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