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Ambystoma mexicanum (Shaw & Nodder, 1798)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Amphibia
order
Caudata
family
Ambystomatidae
genus
Ambystoma
species
Ambystoma mexicanum

Name

Synonyms
Amblystoma weismanni Wiedersheim, 1879
Axolotes guttata Owen, 1844
Axolotus pisciformis (Shaw, 1802)
Gyrinus mexicanus Shaw & Nodder, 1798
Hemitriton mexicanum (Shaw & Nodder, 1798)
Hypochton pisciformis (Shaw, 1802)
Philhydrus pisciformis (Shaw, 1802)
Siredon axolotl Wagler, 1830
Siredon edule Dugès, 1888
Siren axolotl (Wagler, 1830)
Siren pisciformis Shaw, 1802
Sirenodon pisciformis (Shaw, 1802)
Stegoporus mexicanum (Shaw & Nodder, 1798)
Stegoporus pisciformis (Shaw, 1802)
Triton mexicanus (Shaw & Nodder, 1798)
Homonyms
Ambystoma mexicanum (Shaw & Nodder, 1798)
Common names
Ajolote in Spanish
Ajolote de Xochimilco in Spanish
Ajolote mexicano in Spanish
Aksolotl in Turkish
Aksolotli in Finnish
Ambystoma meksykańska in Polish
Ambystoma mexicanum in Portuguese
Axolote in Portuguese
Axolote in English
Axolotl in English
Axolotl in English
Axolotl in English
Kỳ giông Mexico in Vietnamese
Mexican Axolotl in English
Mexican Salamander in English
Salamandra ajolote in Spanish
Salamandra ajolote in Spanish
Salamandra ajolote in Spanish
axolotl in English
axolotl mexický in Czech
mexikói axolotl in Hungarian
Аксалотль in Belarusian
Аксолотл in Bulgarian
Аксолотль in Ukrainian
Мексиканская амбистома in Russian
Мексиканский аксолотль in Russian
אמביסטומה מקסיקנית in Hebrew
سمندل المكسيك in Arabic
عفريت الماء in Arabic
แอกโซลอเติล in Thai
アホロートル in Japanese
メキシコサンショウウオ in Japanese
六角恐龍 in Chinese
墨西哥蠑螈 in Chinese
墨西哥鈍口螈 in Chinese
美西螈 in Chinese
美西鈍口螈 in Chinese
아홀로틀 in Korean
Axolotl in English
Ajolote in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed., 1993: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17. iv + 73.
  2. Voss, S. R.; Epperlein, H. H.; Tanaka, E. M. (2009). <i>Ambystoma mexicanum</i>, the Axolotl: A Versatile Amphibian Model for Regeneration, Development, and Evolution Studies. <em>Cold Spring Harbor Protocols.</em> 2009(8): pdb.emo128. 10.1101/pdb.emo128
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