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baby axolotl (Original Post)
tblue37
Feb 2021
OP
Thanks. Too cute! Quick research --from salamander family; found in Mexico
RestoreAmerica2020
Feb 2021
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Rhiannon12866
(202,970 posts)1. That is just adorable! And I have never seen (or heard of) one before!
hlthe2b
(101,715 posts)2. They are among the world's most critically endangered amphibians.
Here's an adult:
RestoreAmerica2020
(3,433 posts)3. Thanks. Too cute! Quick research --from salamander family; found in Mexico
..what is frightening is--that this is one of many of our tiniest creatures that are endagered. Thanks for posting.
The axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum, also known as the Mexican walking fish, is a neotenic salamander related to the tiger salamander. Although colloquially known as a "walking fish", the axolotl is not a fish but an amphibian. Wikipedia
Conservation status: Critically Endangered (Population decreasing) Encyclopedia of Life
Scientific name: Ambystoma mexicanum
Length: 9.1 in. Encyclopedia of Life
Higher classification: Mole salamander
Family: Ambystomatidae
Lifespan: 15 years nationalgeographic.com
Conservation status: Critically Endangered (Population decreasing) Encyclopedia of Life
Scientific name: Ambystoma mexicanum
Length: 9.1 in. Encyclopedia of Life
Higher classification: Mole salamander
Family: Ambystomatidae
Lifespan: 15 years nationalgeographic.com
Wikipedia
central scrutinizer
(11,617 posts)4. Mad Magazine in the 1950s
Introduced me to the axolotl. They threw that word in often
Cirque du So-What
(25,812 posts)5. How potrzebie of you!
central scrutinizer
(11,617 posts)7. 43 man squamish is an unrecognized
Victim of social distancing requirements. Will the horror never end?
Tanuki
(14,893 posts)9. That's where I first heard of it and had to look it up. Now I visit a real one
every time I go to my local (Nashville) zoo :
.https://www.nashvillezoo.org/amphibians
Baitball Blogger
(46,575 posts)6. Pi-Ka-Chuuuuuuu
Kali
(54,990 posts)8. baby axolotl is pretty much an oxymoron