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Eyeless & small headed Triturus dobrogicus larva

HeckYeck

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An odd little guy hatched today, he didn't appear to have any eyes and had a much smaller head than the other newly hatched babies so I took some photos/videos under the microscope to get a better look. Under there it appears that he has only semi-developed eyes, poorly developed gills and just an overall underdeveloped head. I don't expect him to make it but figured it was interesting enough to share. I attached a picture of him resting on an egg and another baby that hatched about the same time for comparison of head shape/gills and a video of him under the microscope. Is this a common occurrence and have any of you guys hatched any like him?
Edit: The moving orange thing by his chin in the video is a baby brine shrimp, not him lol
underdeveloped baby.jpg
normal baby.jpg

 
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