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Opah2200

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Can someone help me out with identifying these little beauties? I found them in Eureka, California under a firewood pile, they're very active ,and pretty sturdy bodied. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 

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Can someone help me out with identifying these little beauties? I found them in Eureka, California under a firewood pile, they're very active ,and pretty sturdy bodied. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Look like Ensatina eschscholtzi but I can't say what subspecies exactly.
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Thank you for the help, I dug a little deeper and finally found some pictures of them, they are Painted Ensatina.
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Thank you for the help, I dug a little deeper and finally found some pictures of them, they are Painted Ensatina.
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They do look like them but in that area they are genetically a mix of subspecies.
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