Two-toed Amphiuma vs. Gulf Coast Waterdog

Gulf Coast Waterdogs live in the sandy streams of the same Florida Parishes (records 5 to 22 km from Louisiana Two-toed records); both are dark aquatic salamanders. A: No outside gills in the Two-toed Amphiuma; bushy red gills behind the head, kept for life in the Gulf Coast Waterdog. B: Four tiny legs with two toes each, on a long eel-like body in the Two-toed Amphiuma; four well-formed legs with four toes each in the Gulf Coast Waterdog. C: Plain dark grey or brown in the Two-toed Amphiuma; brown, thickly covered with dark spots in the Gulf Coast Waterdog.

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