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The Barred Tiger Salamander, the State Amphibian of Kansas, most generally moves onto land as an adult. Except when the larval stage is unable to move onto land. Then the adult salamander matures in the neotonic state. The creature retains the gills of the larval stage and remains in an aquatic environment. It does not gain the spots of those who move to land. This salamander lives at the Kansas Wetlands Education Center near Great Bend.