All About The Axolotl

1. All About The Axolotl By:Addisyn Allen

2. Facts Kingdom:Animalia Phylum:Chordata Class:Amphibia Order:Caudata Family:Ambystomatidae Genus:Ambystoma Species:A. Mexicana

3. Life Cycle First it is a egg layered with jelly. Next the Axolot hatches from the egg. It is small. After that the Axolot starts to become a tadpole. Then it develops its legs and grows longer.

4. Finally The Axolot is full grown!

5. Fun Facts • Axolotls inhabit an area to the south east of Mexico City. In ancient times, they were eaten by the Aztecs. • Axolotls (Ambystoma Mexicana) are gilled amphibians. They are metamorphosed larvae of the Mexican salamander. • Axolotls have a cartilaginous skeleton that, even in larger, older axolotls, doesn't become completely calcified. Their muscles are similar to those of fish. They have fine teeth on their upper and lower jaws that they use to grab their food and puncture it. It is thought that this helps their digestive enzymes to penetrate the food. • Axolotls respire (breath oxygen) through their cartilaginous gills, like fish, as well as cutaneous, that is, by diffusing oxygen that has dissolved in the water through their skin. Larger, older axolotls supplement their oxygen supply by filling their rudimentary lungs at the surface of the water. • Axolotls excrete only half of their nitrogenous wastes as weak urine. The rest is excreted through their gills. • Axolotls have no eyelids.

6. Information From Wikipedia ,Axolot Biography, and Science online.

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