C. pyrrhogaster with an extra bit

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One of my recently metamorphosed Cynops pyrrhogaster has an interesting extra bit.
Naturally I am wondering whether it will develop further, possibly into an extra limb.
I noticed it first when he was still a larva and I am not sure at this stage if the growth is changing or not. The newtlet seems (otherwise) healthy.
This is what it looks like now (in case your wondering he also has a piece of earthworm stuck to him).
 

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So this is the little one.
It definitely looks like a vestigial extra limb. I would think that it will not develop any further and remain like a lump for the rest of its life. Definitely an interesting case.
Yesterday i lost one that didn´t have an upper jaw, poor thing (can´t believe it reached metamorphosis).
 
I'm glad that the stump is likely to stay as it is. It is strange enough.
Sorry to hear about your little fella.
 
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