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Evolution of gigantism in amphiumid salamanders.

PloS one - 20 May 2009

Bonett Ronald M, Chippindale Paul T, Moler Paul E, Van Devender R Wayne, Wake David B

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The Amphiumidae contains three species of elongate, permanently aquatic salamanders with four diminutive limbs that append one, two, or three toes. Two of the species, Amphiuma means and A. tridactylum, are among the largest salamanders in the world, reaching lengths of more than one meter, where...

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PMID: 19461997
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005615
PMCID: PMC2680017

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