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Axolotl
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| Species: | A. mexicanum
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| Ambystoma mexicanum (Shaw, 1789)
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The axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) is the best-known of the Mexican mole salamanders: it belongs to the Tiger Salamander complex. The axolotl shows paedomorphosis: the larvae do not undergo metamorphosis, so the adults stay aquatic, with external gills.
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