axolotl: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Rhyacosiredon mexicanum • Siredon mexicanum • Ambystoma mexicanum

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A pale pink albino axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum f. leucistic, with feathery red external gills, stands on a dark rock against a black background.

A labeled photo of an axolotl highlights its key features, including feathery external gills, dorsal fin, eyes, nostrils, mouth, four-digit front legs, five-digit back legs, and a long tail. The axolotl is perched on a rock in an aquarium setting.

Axolotl wearing a green paper hat in the style of Peter Pan, with speech bubble reading “I'll never grow up!”

Britannica editor John Rafferty holds a microphone in front of an illustrated background showing two axolotls and the headline Ask an Editor: Are axolotls real?

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