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axolotl, Mexican salamander (Ambystoma mexicanum)
Subject: axolotl, Mexican salamander (Ambystoma mexicanum)
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axolotl, Mexican salamander (Ambystoma mexicanum)


Title: The animal kingdom : arranged in conformity with its organization
Year: 1827 (1820s)
Authors: Georges Cuvier, Baron, 1769-1832; Edward Griffith, 1790-1858
Subjects: Zoology; Zoology
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_animal_kingdom_-_arranged_in_conformity_with_its_organization_(1827)_(18009456780).jpg

The axolotl also known as a Mexican salamander (Ambystoma mexicanum) or a Mexican walking fish, is a neotenic salamander, closely related to the tiger salamander. Although the axolotl is colloquially known as a "walking fish", it is not a fish, but an amphibian. The species 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 land, the 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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