Added information with mutations

I talked with my biology professor today after class, asking him
whether an organism having an extra limb due to a mutation is an
example of added information. His response (I recorded it with a voice
recorder to get the exact words) was as follows:

"We have numerous reports of mutated frogs coming out of California
that do have extra hind legs. The reason they have that is not that
they've generated new mutation that has created some new information
that codes for a new leg. It is because there's a mutation in the code
that controls the generation of that extra limb. What is being argued
by those who claim mutation is a way to generate new forms of life is
that there are mutations that can generate an extra body segment, but
you have not generated any extra information; you have instead changed
the control mechanism."

I have two questions:
1. Is his what he said accurate?

2. If the control mechanism changes, resulting in an extra leg, then
doesn't the modified control mechanism represent something new?

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