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Axolotl, or Ambystoma mexicanum, is a critically endangered neotenic salamander that can be kept as a pet.

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Greg Cater

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Axolotl, or Ambystoma mexicanum, is a critically endangered neotenic salamander that can be kept as a pet.

Axolotl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axolotl
Axolotl (Ambystoma Mexicanum) - A-Z Animals
Learn basic facts and taxonomy of the Axolotl from A-Z Animals.
http://a-z-animals.com/animals/axolotl/
Caudata.org - Ambystoma mexicanum - Axolotl
The Axolotl is the largest member of the family Ambystomatidae, with specimens over 43 cm (17 inches) total length known, though typical adult length is somewhere between 20 and 28 cm (8 - 11 inches).
http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Ambystoma/A_mexicanum.shtml
Axolotl Care Sheet - ReptilesMagazine
Care sheet for the Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum).
http://www.reptilesmagazine.com/Care-Sheets/Frogs-Amphibians/Axolotl/
Axolotls as Pets: Introduction to an Unusual Salamander
An introduction to the unusual and exotic axolotl, including basic housing and care information.
http://exoticpets.about.com/cs/amphibians/a/axolotls.htm
Axolotl photo - Ambystoma mexicanum - ARKive
Portrait showing branch-like gills of leucistic axolotl - View amazing Axolotl photos - Ambystoma mexicanum - on ARKive
http://www.arkive.org/axolotl/ambystoma-mexicanum/image-G15414.html
EDGE - Amphibian Species Information - Axolotl
Learn about the evolutionary distictiveness, appearance, ecology and habitat of the Axolotl.
http://www.edgeofexistence.org/amphibians/species_info.php?id=552
11 Awesome Axolotl Facts - Mental Floss
With big branch-like gills, lizard-like limbs, and a cute perma-smile, it's hard not to fall in love with the axolotl.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/63130/11-awesome-axolotl-facts
Axolotls: The Fascinating Mexican Axolotl
Detailed practical, scientific, and photographic information about the Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum), the Mexican Salamander. Also covers Tiger Salamanders.
http://www.axolotl.org
Mexican Axolotls - National Geographic
Learn all you wanted to know about Mexican axolotls with pictures, videos, photos, facts, and news from National Geographic.
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/amphibians/axolotl

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Axolotl

In the National Aquarium in Washington, D.C.
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)^[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Urodela
Family:	Ambystomatidae
Genus:	Ambystoma
Species:	A. mexicanum
Binomial name
*Ambystoma mexicanum* ( Shaw and Nodder, 1798)

IUCN range of the axolotl. Axolotl ( Ambystoma mexicanum)
Synonyms^[3]
Gyrinus mexicanus Shaw and Nodder, 1798 Siren pisciformis Shaw, 1802 Siredon axolotl Wagler, 1830 Axolotes guttata Owen, 1844 Siredon Humboldtii Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril, 1854 Amblystoma weismanni Wiedersheim, 1879 Siredon edule Dugès, 1888

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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Axolotl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axolotl
Axolotl (Ambystoma Mexicanum) - A-Z Animals
Learn basic facts and taxonomy of the Axolotl from A-Z Animals.
http://a-z-animals.com/animals/axolotl/
Caudata.org - Ambystoma mexicanum - Axolotl
The Axolotl is the largest member of the family Ambystomatidae, with specimens over 43 cm (17 inches) total length known, though typical adult length is somewhere between 20 and 28 cm (8 - 11 inches).
http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Ambystoma/A_mexicanum.shtml
Axolotl Care Sheet - ReptilesMagazine
Care sheet for the Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum).
http://www.reptilesmagazine.com/Care-Sheets/Frogs-Amphibians/Axolotl/
Axolotls as Pets: Introduction to an Unusual Salamander
An introduction to the unusual and exotic axolotl, including basic housing and care information.
http://exoticpets.about.com/cs/amphibians/a/axolotls.htm
Axolotl photo - Ambystoma mexicanum - ARKive
Portrait showing branch-like gills of leucistic axolotl - View amazing Axolotl photos - Ambystoma mexicanum - on ARKive
http://www.arkive.org/axolotl/ambystoma-mexicanum/image-G15414.html
EDGE - Amphibian Species Information - Axolotl
Learn about the evolutionary distictiveness, appearance, ecology and habitat of the Axolotl.
http://www.edgeofexistence.org/amphibians/species_info.php?id=552
11 Awesome Axolotl Facts - Mental Floss
With big branch-like gills, lizard-like limbs, and a cute perma-smile, it's hard not to fall in love with the axolotl.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/63130/11-awesome-axolotl-facts
Axolotls: The Fascinating Mexican Axolotl
Detailed practical, scientific, and photographic information about the Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum), the Mexican Salamander. Also covers Tiger Salamanders.
http://www.axolotl.org
Mexican Axolotls - National Geographic
Learn all you wanted to know about Mexican axolotls with pictures, videos, photos, facts, and news from National Geographic.
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/amphibians/axolotl

Axolotl

In the National Aquarium in Washington, D.C.
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)^[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Urodela
Family:	Ambystomatidae
Genus:	Ambystoma
Species:	A. mexicanum
Binomial name
*Ambystoma mexicanum* ( Shaw and Nodder, 1798)

IUCN range of the axolotl. Axolotl ( Ambystoma mexicanum)
Synonyms^[3]
Gyrinus mexicanus Shaw and Nodder, 1798 Siren pisciformis Shaw, 1802 Siredon axolotl Wagler, 1830 Axolotes guttata Owen, 1844 Siredon Humboldtii Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril, 1854 Amblystoma weismanni Wiedersheim, 1879 Siredon edule Dugès, 1888

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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