 In this species, however, the queen reproduces through interaction, yet not fertilization, with allospecific males reared from impaternata eggs in impaternata nests.The offspring are always inpaternate.Ambystoma platineum, a unisexual branch of the mole salamander species, are a result of the hybridization of sexually reproducing Ambystoma jeffersonianum and Ambystoma laterale.