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The axolotl (/ ˈ æ k s ə l ɒ t əl / ⓘ; from Classical Nahuatl: āxōlōtl [aːˈʃoːloːtɬ] ⓘ) (Ambystoma mexicanum) [3] is a paedomorphic salamander closely related to the tiger salamander. [3] [4] [5] It is unusual among amphibians in that it reaches adulthood without undergoing metamorphosis. Instead of taking to the land, adults ...
The internet’s favorite salamander, only found in the wild in Mexico’s Lake Xochimilco, is critically endangered. Here’s how people are fighting to save them. Why axolotls seem to be ...
The lesser siren (Siren intermedia) is a species of aquatic salamander native to the eastern United States and northern Mexico.They are referred to by numerous common names, including two-legged eel, dwarf siren, and mud eel.
Ambystoma dumerilii are large, ectothermic [13] salamanders; adult specimen have a snout to vent length of 12.2 cm (4.8 in) and a size range of 12.8 cm (5.0 in) to 28.2 cm (11.1 in). [4] Males and females are identical lengths.
It is endemic to Mexico and only known from its type locality in the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca near Totontepec Villa de Morelos, Oaxaca. [1] [2] [3] The natural habitat of Pseudoeurycea aquatica is cloud forest at about 2,100 m (6,900 ft) above sea level. It lives aquatically in streams, the only plethodontid salamander in Mesoamerica to do so.
This salamander is strictly aquatic as an adult, and swims well. ... Nature: Native plant update: Of Ohio's 1,800 native plants species, 271 are endangered, 93 are gone.
Sirenidae, the sirens, are a family of neotenic aquatic salamanders. Family members have very small fore limbs and lack hind limbs altogether. [1] In one species, the skeleton in their fore limbs is made of only cartilage. In contrast to most other salamanders, they have external gills bunched together on the neck in both larval and adult
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