Van Dyke's Salamander vs. Ensatina
Both live in moist forest in the Olympics, the Willapa Hills and the Cascades; the reddish Van Dyke's can look like an Ensatina. A: Tail not pinched at its base; the stripe runs onto it in the Van Dyke's Salamander; tail pinched in at its base in the Ensatina. B: A broad stripe down the back in the Van Dyke's Salamander; plain brown or orange-brown, no stripe; big dark eyes and pale legs in the Ensatina.
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