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How many toes are Axolotls meant to have???

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tom

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Hey i know this is really random, but recently i have noticed that 1 of my three axolotls has got 5 toes on each of his back legs however the other 2 axolotls have only 4. Why is this? and how many are they supposed to have? Cheers
 
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jay

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They should have 4 toes on their front feet and five toes on their back. Their back feet should also be a little bit of web between their five toes
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matthew

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his feet may have been bitten off, and he's regrown an extra pair (always handy) or it could just be his genetics. It's nothing to worry about at any rate.
 
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sabrina

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One of my Axies, is having on one back leg, only 4 toes and on the other back leg, 4 toes + 1 double one- two toes that grown over each other!
I had this Axie wenn he was already 10-12 cm so it could be that he already lost a leg and that it growed back like that ! But it's certainly not disturbing him in anything, he's very active and walking and swimming a lot around....
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joan

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I have one that has only three toes on the front foot, and one that looks like it's doing the 'star trek' symbol with it's fingers.

4 on the front and 5 on the back is the norm for all ambystomatid salamanders. However, regeneration's not always perfect, so you get some oddities.
 
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nora

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Gonnie has extra toes. It's awesome. ^^ He has four on each front foot, but one toe has a little one spurting out of it. On his back right foot he has a total extra toe (6) and on his back left he has five. It's so cool!
 
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callum

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Gill has only 3 toes on his front right foot, the middle one is longer then the other two too.
 
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