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By decreasing the amount of water in an aquarium Marie von Chauvin was able to transform the aquatic, gill-breathing salamander Axolotl into the gill-less land form Ambystoma, heretofore regarded by systematists as a different species.

From Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics by Guyer, Michael F.

Amblystoma, am-blis′tō-ma, n. a genus of tailed amphibians in the gill-less or salamandroid sub-order—the adult form of axolotl.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

This, under the nourishment and change of surroundings of the Jardin des Plantes, was transformed into a gill-less batrachian, which had hitherto been regarded as belonging to a totally distinct family.

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.