Tennessee Cave Salamander vs. Spring Salamander
Spring Salamander larvae live in the same caves and also have gills. A: Tiny eyes with no eyelids in the Tennessee Cave Salamander; normal-sized eyes in the Spring Salamander. B: Wide and flat with a spoon-shaped snout in the Tennessee Cave Salamander; narrower, with a rounded snout in the Spring Salamander. C: Keeps its gills all its life, in the cave in the Tennessee Cave Salamander; loses its gills and leaves the water: a pale line from the eye to the nostril in the Spring Salamander.
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