Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)

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Subject:	Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)
Poster:	Catherine (ones_a_crowd@hotmail.com)

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Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)

Picture Taken at the Animal Unit on the Brackenhurst Campus of Nottingham Trent University

The axolotl or Mexican salamander (Ambystoma mexicanum) or a Mexican walking fish is a neotenic salamander. Ambystoma mexicanum originates from numerous lakes, such as Lake Xochimilco underlying Mexico City. Axolotls are unusual among amphibians in that they reach adulthood without undergoing metamorphosis. Instead of developing lungs and taking to the land, adults remain aquatic and gilled.

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Scientific Name: Ambystoma mexicanum (Shaw & Nodder, 1798) Common Names: Axolotl, Mexican Salamander, Mexican Walking Fish, Salamandra ajolote [Spanish] Synonyms: Gyrinus mexicanus Shaw and Nodder, 1798

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