With smaller, irregular, yellow blotches along sides; hack and tail less 

 definitely barred; legs yellow, with dark blotching; Cal., in the Sierras 

 Ensatina sierrae Storer Sierra Marbled Salamander 



33 Lower jaw immovable, the mouth being opened by lifting the top of the 



head 34. 



Lower jaw moving in the normal fashion 42. 



34. No light line from eye to mouth; nostril openings into the roof of the 



mouth inconspicuous and twice as far apart as the external nostrils; 

 color usually blotched; N. Carolina and Tenn. 



Leurogyxathus marmorata Moore Moore's Salamander 

 With a light line from the eye to the corner of the mouth; internal nos- 

 trils conspicuous and about the same distance apart as the external 

 nostrils; color various 35. 



35. Tail cylindrical or squarish along most of length 36. 

 Tail compressed or triangular, narrow above 38. 



36. Front corner of upper eyelid not grooved; with a dark bar through eye 



to nostril; belly light colored; light dorsal band variably irregular; Mts. 

 of N. C, Tenn. and Virginia 



Desmognathus wrighti King Wright's Desmognathus 

 Front corner of upper eyelid grooved; belly often darker, or light dorsal 

 band with smooth edges 37. 



37. Belly faintly pigmented; light dorsal band, if present, with smooth edges; 



northern Appalachian Mountains 



Desmognathus ochrophaeus ochrophaeus (Cope) 

 Allegheny Salamander 

 Belly quite dark; light dorsal band, if present, with irregular edges; 

 southern Appalachian Mountains 



Desmognathus ochrophaeus caroUnensis Dunn 

 Carolina Mountain Salamander 



38. Belly practically plain colored 39. 

 Belly finely mottled or speckled 40. 



39. Belly very dark; mountains from Vir. to Georgia 



Desmognathus quadramaculatus (Holbrook) Black-bellied 

 Desmognathus 

 Belly light; mountains from Penna. to Georgia 



Desmognathus phoca (Matthes) Seal Salamander 



40. Belly dark, mottled or speckled with white; Virginia to Florida and Miss. 



Desmognathus fuscus auricuhtus (Holbrook) Southern Dusky 

 Salamander 

 Belly light, usually finely mottled or speckled with dark 4L 



41. Typically with a lighter dorsal band and without light spots along the 



sides; west to Illinois 



Desmognathus fuscus fuscus (Raf.) Dusky Salamander 

 Typically with the dorsal band obscure to absent and with light spots 

 along the sides; Ark. to Texas and Okla. 



Desmognathus fuscus hrimleyorum (Stejneger) 

 Brimley's Dusky Salamander 



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