Axolotl
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The axolotl is a species of mole salamander. It is neotenic, reaching sexual maturity without undergoing metamorphosis, and the adults remain fully aquatic with obvious external gills. Axolotls may be
Axolotl ganz
Metamorphosed axolotls
Wild form
Stages of development (images captured using stereoscopic macrophotography)
Neoteny
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Neoteny, also called juvenilization, is the delaying or slowing of the physiological or somatic development of an organism, typically an animal. Neoteny in modern humans is more significant than in ot
Axolotl
…The axolotl ( ; from Classical Nahuatl: āxōlōtl ; Ambystoma mexicanum) is a species of mole salamander. It is neotenic, reaching sexual maturity without undergoing metamorphosis, and the adults remain fully aquatic with obvious external gills. Axolotls may be difficult…
Neoteny and reduction in skull size – grey wolf and chihuahua skulls
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