Species of the Week: Granular Salamander
EDGE Blog (Zoological Society of London, UK) June 18th, 2012 10:14 AM: Species of the Week: Granular Salamander
The granular salamander (Ambystoma granulosum) is a very unusual EDGE species. Belonging to the Ambystomatidae (or “mole salamander”) family, which diverged from all other salamanders over 140 million years ago, it is highly evolutionarily distinct. This species’ skin is corrugated or granular, especially along the tail, which explains its common name, and it has twelve [...]
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