'Peter Pan' Salamanders That Get Bigger, But Never Grow Up, Found In Laramie Lake

Peter Pan salamanders in Laramie

University of Wyoming researchers have confirmed for the first time that paedomorphic western tiger salamanders — sexually mature adults that keep their larval gills and stay fully aquatic — live in Laramie's LaBonte Lake.

Key points Peter Pan salamanders in Laramie
  1. University of Wyoming researchers have confirmed for the first time that paedomorphic western tiger salamanders — sexually mature adults that keep their larval gills and stay fully aquatic — live in Laramie's LaBonte Lake.
  2. The discovery means two different life forms of Wyoming's only native salamander share the same Laramie pond, one that metamorphoses onto land and one that never grows up.
  3. Researchers set 16 baited traps in the shallow lake in late October to answer the question, and the answer was yes.
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