Tag Archives | Neoteny and Paedogenesis of Amphibia

In this article we will discuss about the neoteny and paedogenesis of amphibia with help of a suitable diagram. In the genus Amblystoma (urodele) the animal sometimes becomes sexually mature in the larval condition and does not metamorphose (Siredon, the axolotl). This phenomenon of the retention of larval characters in the sexually mature state has been called neoteny or paedogenesis. [...]