Axolotl Axolotl ganz.jpg Conservation status Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1] Scientific classification edit Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Urodela Family: Ambystomatidae Genus: Ambystoma Species: A. mexicanum Binomial name Ambystoma mexicanum (Shaw and Nodder, 1798) Synonyms[2] 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 The axolotl (/ˈæksəlɒtəl/, from Classical Nahuatl: āxōlōtl [aːˈʃoːloːtɬ] (About this soundlisten); plural axolotls or rarely axolomeh[3]), Ambystoma mexicanum,[2] also known as the Mexican walking fish, is a neotenic salamander related to the tiger salamander.[2][4][5] Although the axolotl is colloquially known as a "walking fish",[4][5] it is not a fish, but an amphibian.[2] The species was originally found in several la

such as Lake Xochimilco underlying Mexico City.[1] 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. Axolotls should not be confused with waterdogs, the larval stage of the closely related tiger salamanders (A. tigrinum and A. mavortium), which are widespread in much of North America and occasionally become neotenic. Neither should they be confused with mudpuppies (Necturus spp.), fully aquatic salamanders that are not closely related to the axolotl but bear a superficial resemblance.[6] As of 2010, wild axolotls were near extinction[7] due to urbanization in Mexico City and consequent water pollution, as well as the introduction of invasive species such as tilapia and perch. They are currently listed by CITES as an endangered species and by IUCN as critically endangered in the wild, with a decreasing population. Axolotls are used extensively in scientific research due

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