Axolotl report

I class we were writing a report on axolotls. Now its finally finished :-)

Axolotl

General statement

Axolotls are walking Mexican Fish. They are amphibians who spend their whole life underwater.

Axolotls are salamanders and are one of the three branches of class Amphibia, which also includes eel-like order. Their scientific name is Ambystoma mexicanum.

Appearance

An Axolotl is grey or white in colour with black eyes. The colour of an Axolotl depends on its cells. Axolotls can grow up to 30cm in length and weigh from 60 to 227 grams. The Axolotl  ages but it remains in larvae from its entire life.  Wild axolotls are usually  black or chocolate brown.             

Diet

Axolotls adapt to eat a variety of food. Their habitat food include Trout and salmon pellets, Blood worms and black worms, earthworms  and feeder fish. They often show cannibalism and they suffer from impaction related issue. Axolotls use their teeth grasp rather than bite. They grasp to prevent slippery prey to get away such as earthworms.

Predators

Axolotls have quite a low amount of predators hunting them. The main predatory fish to them is the tilapia and carp. Bacterial contamination is also a threat to the axolotls.

Habitat

The origin of axolotls is the Lake Xochimilco and Lake Chalco of Central Mexico. A high altitude body of water along with risky terrestrial environment is ideal for most neotenic species including axolotls.

Ending statement

Axolotls are an endangered species that scientists are fond of. They have a low amount of predators and are usually called sea dragons. They are transparent when they are in larva form and stop developing on the final stage of larva.