Van Dyke's Salamander vs. Long-toed Salamander

Both are striped salamanders of western Washington forests (records overlap). A: A broad yellow, tan or reddish stripe; brown sides in the Van Dyke's Salamander; a yellow or green stripe with wavy edges on a black body in the Long-toed Salamander. B: The stripe runs unbroken onto the tail in the Van Dyke's Salamander; the stripe often broken into blotches in the Long-toed Salamander. Van Dyke's has a pale yellow throat; the Long-toed's throat and belly are dark with fine white flecks, and it breeds in ponds while Van Dyke's lives on wet rock by streams. Van Dyke's usually has 14 grooves along the side; counted in hand, not shown.

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