Where Are Axolotls Found?
The Axolotl Is on the Brink of Annihilation in the Canals of Mexico City, Its Only Natural Habitat. but Although There Might Be Just a Few Hundred Individuals...
The axolotl is on the brink of annihilation in the canals of Mexico City, its only natural habitat. But although there might be just a few hundred individuals left in the wild, tens of thousands can be found in home aquariums and research laboratories around the world.
Where are axolotl most commonly found?
Found exclusively in the lake complex of Xochimilco (pronounced SO-chee-MILL-koh) near Mexico City, axolotls differ from most other salamanders in that they live permanently in water.
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Why are axolotls only found in Mexico?
Wild axolotls live exclusively in the swampy remnants of Lake Xochimilco and the canals leading to it on the southern edge of Mexico City. Axolotls once also lived in Lake Chalco, another of Mexico City's five "great lakes" where the ancient Aztecs settled.
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