Axolotl lakes in Montana

[keynewt]

Well I was looking at stuff on axolotls when I stumbled upon this interesting place. Just follow the links to some neat facts about these lakes in Montana.

Spotlight :Axolotls

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Axolotl Lakes (MT)


enjoy, Dave

 

[emmyk]

Very interesting. Can they be called axolotls if they aren't mole salamanders? Does this mean there is now two species of axolotls?

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[JoshBA]

No these are just neotenic populations of tiger salamanders.I find it interesting how they're able to out compete larger pretadors like fish.

 

[emmyk]

That is very interesting. Stuff like this, and the axolotls of xochimilco, is part of why I want to be a wildlife biologist.

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[sde]

Neotenic Tiger salamanders are not uncommon, actually they are quite common from my understanding.

given these creatures are nearly indistinguishable from the axolotls of Mexico.

I don't agree with that at all. They are very easily distinguished from axolotls by range alone.

It is however very interesting that they out compete fish, usually its the other way around.