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The World’s Only Photosynthetic Vertebrate

The World’s Only Photosynthetic Vertebrate

by Responsible herpetoculture - Mar. 03, 2025
The yellow spotted salamander is the first and onlyphotosynthetic vertebrate.

You may be asking yourself right now why I have posted a picture of a salamander this morning. This is a plant blog after all! Well, what I am about to tell you may seem a bit crazy, but I assure you this discovery has opened up some doors that science never really considered a possibility before. The yellow spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) is the first and only (known) photosynthetic vertebrate ever discovered!

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