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Mudpuppies & olms
Family Proteidae
Permanently-gilled, fully-aquatic salamanders that never metamorphose. Cold, clean, well-oxygenated water is non-negotiable — these are specialist cold-water animals.
1 kept species on Bognook ·1 with a full care sheet.
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