A salamander found in Mexican mountain lakes and accounting for about 30 percent of the urodeles used in research. The axolotl remains in larval form throughout its life, a phenomenon known as neoteny.
Synonyms: mexicanums, Ambystoma, Ambystoma mexicanums, Axolotls, txid8296, Axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum, Salamander, Mexican, Mexican Salamander
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1991(1981); for AXOLOTL use AMBYSTOMA 1972-2009 ,1991; see AMBYSTOMA 1981-1990; for AXOLOTL see AMBYSTOMA 1972-2009 ,NIM with no qualifiers when an experimental animal
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D000558
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