Axolotl
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| phylum | Chordata | The axolotl, also known as a Mexican salamander (Ambystoma mexicanum) or a Mexican walking fish, is a neotenic salamander, closely related to the tiger salamander. Although the axolotl is colloquially known as a "walking fish", it is not a fish, but an amphibian. The species originates from numerous lakes, such as Lake Xochimilco underlying Mexico City. Larvae of this species fail to undergo metamorphosis, so the adults remain aquatic and gilled.
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| class | Amphibia | |
| order | Caudata | |
| family | Ambystomatidae | |
| genus | Ambystoma | |
| species | A. mexicanum |
