Worm salamander

Description

Oedipina tomasi lacks pale brown and white patches on its head and body that are present in O.elongata.Additionally,O.tomasi has numerous maxillary teeth,unlike in O.elongata,which has none.Oedipina tomasi has a dark black body with pale flecks as opposed to the browner body and absence of flecking in O.gephyra,and is larger in size.One segment of its longest toe is unwebbed,in contrast to the full webbing with only one toe tip protruding in O.gephyra.Oedipina tomasi has distinct digital grooves and transverse grooves at the proximal edges of digits,unlike O.petiola,whose digital grooves are less pronounced,and lacks proximal grooves altogether (Brame 1968,McCranie and Townsend 2011).