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2Axolotl🦎

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SpeciesCaudataAmbystomatidae
Amphibians

🦎Axolotl

Ambystoma mexicanum (Shaw & Nodder, 1798)

Der Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) ist ein in Mexiko rein aquatisch lebender Schwanzlurch aus der Familie der Querzahnmolche (Ambystomatidae), der natürlicherweise nur als Dauerlarve auftritt. Axolotl erreichen ihre Geschlechtsreife, ohne ihre äußere Larvengestalt zu verändern und eine bei Amphibien sonst übliche Metamorphose zu durchlaufen. Der Trivialname Axolotl stammt aus der aztekischen Sprache Nahuatl: āxōlōtl [aː'ʃoːloːt͡ɬ] ist abgeleitet aus atl (Wasser) und Xolotl (ein Aztekengott) und bedeutet etwa „Wassermonster“. Alexander von Humboldt brachte im August des Jahres 1804 als Erster Axolotl nach Europa, die – in Alkohol eingelegt – als exotische Kuriosität im Pariser Naturkundemuseum dienten.

Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Videos
52
Photos
6
Measurements
3
Conservation status
CRCritically endangered

IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
not recorded
Body length
0.3 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
17 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Axolotl

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body length
0.3 m
AmphiBIO
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Source: AmphiBIO · v1 (Oliveira et al. 2017) · CC BY 4.0

Maximum lifespan
17 yearsrecord 17 years · AmphiBIO
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Gestation
18 days
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Not recorded for Axolotl yet: body mass, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classAmphibia
  4. ›orderCaudata
  5. ›familyAmbystomatidae
  6. ›genusAmbystoma
  7. ›speciesAmbystoma mexicanum
Full lineage
  1. classAmphibians · Amphibia
  2. orderSalamanders & newts · Caudata
  3. familyAmbystomatidae
  4. genusAmbystoma
All 13 branches ↓
  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classAmphibians · Amphibia
  9. superorderBatrachia
  10. orderSalamanders & newts · Caudata
  11. superfamilySalamandroidea
  12. familyAmbystomatidae
  13. genusAmbystoma
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More about the Axolotl

Closest relative on this site
🦎 Alpine newt — last shared an ancestor ≈ 149 million years ago.
In other languages
Ambystoma mexicanum (es), 墨西哥钝口螈 (zh), Ambystoma meksykańska (pl), 아홀로틀 (ko), אקסולוטל מקסיקני (he), Axolotl (fr) … and 27 more languages
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2AxolotlAjolote albinoAmbystoma mexicanum Natural History Museum University of Pisa (cropped)
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