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Aquatic Adaptability

Guard the small lake.

Animals grouped here express a similar quality through their behavior in nature. Each species still has its own principle, lesson, meaning, and field-guide page.

2 species

Lake Oku Clawed Frog (Xenopus longipes) thumbnail image on AnimalDex

Lake Oku Clawed Frog

Species principle: Lake World

Guard the small lake.

A small lake can hold an entire world if nothing breaks its balance.

Lake Oku Clawed Frogs are restricted to Lake Oku in Cameroon and live fully aquatic lives in a very limited mountain lake habitat.

Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus) thumbnail image on AnimalDex

Mudpuppy

Species principle: Mudpuppy Neoteny

Keep the water-shape.

Keep what works, even when others change.

Mudpuppies retain external gills into adulthood and remain fully aquatic, showing paedomorphic development.

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