Need help identifying Species Type please

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Here are three different salamanders that came from the same big mud puddle I hauled them out of. I'm trying to identify the species and can't seem to figure it out from all I've looked at online. Does anyone have any ideas on what kind of salamander larvae these are?
Thanks!

By the way, this is my first post, so if the images don't come through, it's because I don't know what I'm doing. Here's my photo album: http://www.caudata.org/forum/members/newtb-albums-my-salamander-family.html
 
It is hard to tell but I think the first is an Ambystoma larvae judging from the five toes at the back, maybe it was Ambystoma Gracile, the NorthWestern Salamander.
 
Thank you both! I wondered if that was the case, but really wasn't positive. Kept coming back to this species thinking it looked the closest.
 
OK, so I'm going to post another picture because I am re-thinking A. macrodactylum... what do you guys think?

This one for color:

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This one shows the back legs a bit better, but the color is hard to see:

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Yah, looks like a macrodactylum to me. Is there a faint line going across the back? If so, than its a macrodactylum. Also, look at its belly, if it has white speckles than its a macrodactylum. If it doesn't have a stripe or speckles than its a gracile. -Seth
 
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He has matured a bit more and the coloring is SO much more vivid! Thought I'd update this post to show his "true colors" :happy:
 
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