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Lake Xochimilco is the last remaining native habitat for the axolotl, a species of mole salamander endemic to Mexico. Until Lake Chalco was drained, the species had also been present there. Given Lake Xochimilco's present extensively compromised and reduced state, and the accelerating impact of Mexico City's urban growth, as of 2008 [update ...
Lake Xochimilco is not a large body of water, but rather a small series of artificial channels, small lakes, and temporary wetlands. Lake Xochimilco is the only native habitat left for the axolotl. Lake Xochimilco has poor water quality, caused by the region's aquaculture and agriculture demands.
Mexico's Lake Xochimilco is the only spot where axolotls are found in the wild. An agricultural system of human-made floating islands called chinampas once provided a thriving habitat for the now ...
Lake Chalco with Lakes Xochimilco and Texcoco. Detail from the 1847 Bruff/Disturbell map The Valley of Mexico at the time of the Spanish conquest , c. 1519 Lake Chalco was an endorheic lake formerly located in the Valley of Mexico , and was important for Mesoamerican cultural development in central Mexico.
A study from 1998 found there were 6000 wild axolotls. Now biologists say they can barely find them ... but even Lake Xochimilco is under pressure. A study from 1998 found there were about 6000 ...
The axolotl can grow up to 12 inches and weigh anywhere from three to eight pounds, and its average lifespan in the wild is 10-15 years. Most axolotls are dark brown with some black speckling, but ...
Axolotl: Central Mexico (State of Mexico), Lake Xochimilco: Neotenic A. opacum (Gravenhorst, 1807) Marbled salamander: Eastern United States (New Hampshire south to northern Florida and east to Missouri and Texas) Terrestrial A. ordinarium. Taylor, 1940 Puerto Hondo stream salamander: West-central Mexico (Michoacán state), Puerto Hondo stream
In the past, government conservation programs have largely focused on the most popular species: the Mexican axolotl, found in Xochimilco. But other species can be found across the country, from ...