🦎 Axolotl

Ambystoma mexicanum · wildlife atlas entry

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A salamander that never grows up — keeps gills and breeds as a larva. Critically endangered in the wild (one canal complex in Mexico City) while lab and aquarium numbers thrive.

Axolotl — reference photo from iNaturalist — (c) Seánín Óg, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND) · cc-by-nc-nd

Record card

Scientific name	Ambystoma mexicanum
Rank	species
Community observations	3,018 research-grade records on iNaturalist
Conservation status	CR — IUCN Red List assessment

Classification

kingdom Animalia › phylum Chordata › class Amphibia › order Caudata › family Ambystomatidae

Seen in the wild — community photographs

Axolotl photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-07-17 · Mexico
(c) Santuario Ajolotario, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Axolotl photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2005-02-04 · Mexico
(c) Juan Cruzado Cortés, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · cc-by-sa

Axolotl photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2022-06-15 · Gatineau, QC J9A 3S3, Canada
(c) errantlight, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Axolotl photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2022-02-28 · Mexico
(c) F. Gual-Suarez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Axolotl photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2011-10-22 · Mexico
(c) Vivian Alderete, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Axolotl photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2019-11-18 · Mexico
(c) ximmx, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Axolotl photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2005-02-22 · Mexico
(c) Juan Cruzado Cortés, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · cc-by-sa

Photographs are Creative Commons-licensed observations from iNaturalist, credited as each licence requires. Click any photo for the full research record.

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