What Is A Neotenic Salamander?
What Is A Neotenic Salamander? listen)), Ambystoma mexicanum, is a paedomorphic salamander related to the tiger salamander. The species was originally found in several lakes, such as Lake Xochimilco underlying Mexico City. Axolotls are unusual among amphibians in that they reach adulthood without undergoing metamorphosis. Are tiger salamanders neotenic? The reservoir population seems to prove