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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Chordata > Vertebrates > Amphibians > Urodela > Ambystomatidae > Ambystoma > Ambystoma mexicanum

Preferred term

Ambystoma mexicanum  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Axolotl
  • Axolotls
  • Mexican Salamander
  • Salamander, Mexican

Note

  • NIM with no qualifiers when an experimental animal

Scope note

  • A salamander found in Mexican mountain lakes and accounting for about 30 percent of the urodeles used in research. The axolotl remains in larval form throughout its life, a phenomenon known as neoteny.

History note

  • 1991(1981); for AXOLOTL use AMBYSTOMA 1972-2009

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000558

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