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Axolotl From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search For other uses, see Axolotl (disambiguation). Axolotl Axolotl ganz.jpg Conservation status Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1] Scientific classificationedit Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Urodela Family: Ambystomatidae Genus: Ambystoma Species: A. mexicanum Binomial name Ambystoma mexicanum (Shaw and Nodder, 1798) Axolotl distribution map.svg Its distribution is marked in red. 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] Spanish: Ajolote), Ambystoma mexicanum,[2] also known as the Mexican walking fish, is a neotenic salamander related to the tiger salamander.[2][4][5] Although colloquially known as a "walking fish",[4][5] the axolotl is not a fish but an amphibian.[2] The species was originally found in several lakes, 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.