alt Hacker NewsMy understanding is they were in other mountainous areas as well in central Mexico but their habitat was much more reduced there so they went extinct even faster.
one example: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/382147531_Chronicle...
My understanding is they were in other mountainous areas as well in central Mexico but their habitat was much more reduced there so they went extinct even faster.
one example: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/382147531_Chronicle...
This paper is about the closely related Ambystoma velasci. The axolotl is Ambystoma mexicanum.
They are closely related enough that there's some evidence of hybridization but they are separate species. A. velasci is not endangered.