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Wandering Salamander vs. Del Norte Salamander

Both live in the forests of Del Norte and Humboldt counties; their records overlap there. A: A big head and long legs with square-tipped toes in the Wandering Salamander; a small rounded head on a long slim body with very short legs in the Del Norte Salamander. B: Brown clouded with brassy or grey flecks in the Wandering Salamander; plain dark brown, at most a few pale flecks in the Del Norte Salamander. Young Del Norte Salamanders have an orange or tan stripe down the back.

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Wandering Salamander

Aneides vagrans

Del Norte Salamander

Plethodon elongatus
Wandering Salamander vs. Del Norte Salamander: comparison sheet with the differences marked

Photographs via iNaturalist under Creative Commons licences; the photographers are credited on the sheet.

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