By Christopher Woods

They have many names that come from how they look. 1.Alien-looking Axolotl salamander 2.Ambystoma Mexicanum 3.Mexican walking fish 4.Mexican axolotl 5.Mexican water monster 6.Mexican salamander 7.Axolotl INFORMATION PART 1 DIFFERENT NAMES The animal

( Apart from their appearance) 1.Ability to regenerate most body parts. 2.Mexican walking fish have a 3- chambered heart PART 2 COOL THINGS TO KNOW

1.Most say that telling the age of a Mexican walking fish is a challenge. 2.They begin life like a tadpole. 3.Even as adults they look like tadpoles 4.They never grow out of the larvae stage 5.They never get to adapt to the land MATURITY

COLOR 1.They can be many different colors 2.Most times when you look at a group of Mexican walking fish it looks like a rainbow. 3.Pale pink 4.Gold 5.Close to any shade of gray 6.Brown 7.Black 8.Albino or cream 9.Can be multicolor called piebald and harlequin

It is not a fish!!!! It is a salamander WHAT IS IT

In Mexican on the water way Native to fresh water lakes Murky degrees Celsius. HABITAT

They are close to extinction Scientists estimate that there used to be more than 1,500 each square mile, now less than 25. Due to the detraction and human invading of the lakes they are close to extinction ENDANGER SPECIES

They are carnivores Eats Small creatures Insects Worms Small fish Live bate Bloodworms Wax worms Earthworms Trout Salomon pellets DIET

Ambystoma tigrinum Ambystoma mavortium Frog CLOSE RELATED

IMAGES

Kingdom: animalia Phylum: chordata Class: amphibia Order: caudata Size: cm (10-20in.) Weigh: up to 300 g(8 oz.) WHAT

The axolotl gets its name from the Aztec god Xolotl. They posses rudimentary lungs Have amazing healing ability's FUN FACTS

Family: mole salamanders Exhibits a trait known as noetony Neotony: means it attain sexual maturity The process metamorphosis(failure) The lack of thyroid stimulating hormone, needed for the metamorphosis process When they become sexual They become sexually mature at the age of 12 months. The females lay 300 to 1000eggs. BREEDING

 Good healthy ones live 12 to 15 years. There has been reporting of up to26 years. LIFESPAN

 $ for juveniles  $ for adults RANGE IN MONEY

That a axolotl can be white with out being albino. They are only albino if their eyes are red. DID YOU KNOW

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