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Worm salamander.

>>2450676
Btw they don't have lungs. They breathe through their skin around their mouth. Pretty neat.

>>2450678
so they just take the oxigen from the air directly to their blood?

>>2450678
I guess that's why they have such long bodies, to increase oxygen intake.

>>2450684
a flatter body would also increase their surface area and their oxygen intake respectively. Why didn't that happen to them?

>>2450695
It's almost like changing body shape also effects other things that have to be taken into account. Crazy!

>>2450682
>>2450684
Yup. If I recall right, work salamanders hatch as mini adults, skipping the tadpole stage.

Surprisingly I'm having a hell of a hard time finding more info on them but this page is pretty solid.
http://www.edgeofexistence.org/amphibians/species_info.php?id=620

>>2450738
> 'it is known from 8 animals and 2 clutches of eggs'
Is the worm salamander an extinct species? Or are they too tiny for the scientists to pin down a number for their population?

>>2450751
>Is the worm salamander an extinct species?
it's not a species.

>>2450751
There's different species of Oedipina. From what little I've read most seem endangered. Maybe just no one has taken the time to study them much.

There's also a group of similar salamanders called slender salamanders but they aren't like these slimy spaghettis.

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