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The Neuse River waterdog can approach 28 centimeters, which is still twice as long as most other salamanders.

Like the Neuse River waterdog, they spend their entire lives confined to water with larval gills and weakling limbs.

Genomic parasites have slowed the waterdog’s development, swelled its cells and distorted its anatomy.

It’s easy to look at the Neuse River waterdog and feel a pang of pity.

Unable to traverse dry land, the waterdog remains isolated in two small river systems in North Carolina.