>>…The Spotted Salamander in this post is one of a few I've found…

Your spotted salamander photo prompted an interesting (well, to me, at least) question: there are (spotted) salamanders and (spotted) turtles, that have evolved with remarkably similar coloration and (cryptic?) pattern. Why hasn't a similar-looking snake evolved? Speckled kings are just that, not spotted. There's maybe a western racer that could be broadly described as spotted, but not with the sane coloration. Am I overlooking an obvious spotted snake? If not, any thoughts on why not?

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