November 2017: Axolotl

Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)

This month’s featured animal species is the axolotl, an unusual species of salamander from the Urodela order and part of the larger Amphibia class.

This cathemeral amphibian is listed as “Critically Endangered” on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

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