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Wolf Dusky Salamander vs. Seal Salamander

Both are keel-tailed brown duskies of the same Piedmont and foothill streams. A: Brown with darker mottling or paired spots, often a pale stripe in the Wolf Dusky Salamander; a bold net of dark worm-like lines on lighter brown in the Seal Salamander. B: Pale, mottled, fading into the sides in the Wolf Dusky Salamander; clean white, sharply set off from the sides in the Seal Salamander. C: Up to about 5 in in the Wolf Dusky Salamander; up to about 5.5 in, heavier in the Seal Salamander.

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Wolf Dusky Salamander

Desmognathus lycos

Seal Salamander

Desmognathus monticola
Wolf Dusky Salamander vs. Seal Salamander: comparison sheet with the differences marked

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