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Caption: Mexican Walking Fish
Scientific Name: Ambystoma Mexicanum
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Caption: They live in Tropical and Subtropical Conifer Forests biome
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Caption: The Mexican Walking Fish, also known as the Ambystoma Mexicanum or Axolotl, lives in Lake Xochimilco, Mexico on the continent of North America. Mexican Walking Fish live in a high altitude area surrounded by a very risky terrestrial environment.
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Caption: Description: Mexican walking fish can vary in different colors such as Gray,Tan,Brown, white, Golden Albino, and Blue.
They breathe through gills that look like feathers
They have four legs and a tail
They are coverd in skin not scales.
In the wild the most common color would be black.
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Caption: Axolotls commonly known for there ability to regenerate which means if they were to lose a limb it could grow back in an average of 8 weeks.
Life span: May live longer than 10 years.
Size: A large size could range from 10-12 inches long, But average size would be 9-12 inches long.
Some Axolotls have an odd behavior while being in captivity it might actually eat another axolotl or another axolotls eggs.
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Caption: In the wild they feed on snails,worms,crustaceans,small fish, and small amphibians.
In captivity they are known/recommended to feed on earthworms,small strips of beef/liver,blood worms,salmon or trout pallets.
-They find there food by sight and scent.
-Heterotroph
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Caption: Evolution:
Axolotls can breed when they are about six months old.
Male Axolotls will release packets of sperm and then lead a female Axolotl over them. Then the female takes the sperm into her body through an opening called a cloaca. In the next day or two the female will lay her eggs on a plant or rock. They then will hatch in about two weeks.
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Caption: Axolotls were first native to Lake Xochimilco and Lake Chalco. The growth in population was in the Basin of Mexico. Unfortunately both Lake Xochimilco and Lake Chalco are no longer in existence. Which is why the Axolotls are now on the endanger species list.
Acolotls Habitat is in freshwater lakes and places where its murky(dark gloomy not clear).
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Caption: Recovery plan is to make an enclosed area for them to thrive. Creating a man made lake and introducing them to water in hopes of population growth.
Caption: https://sites.google.com/site/biologybfinalproject/animalia/mexican-walking-fish _______ Works Cited