Axolotl

Axolotl
メキシコサラマンダー
Character Data
AKA		Mexican salamander
Romaji		Mekishikosaramandā
Debut		Kemono Friends (2015 Game)
Animal Data
Scientific Name		Ambystoma mexicanum
Distribution		Mexico
Diet		Carnivore
Avg. Lifespan		10 years
Read More		Axolotl
Conservation

Axolotl​

Anime​

Season 2​

Festival​

KF3​

Kingdom​

Nexon Game​

Gallery

Axolotl is a type of Friend that appeared in the original Kemono Friends mobile game.

Appearance

Axolotl has long white hair that extends past the shoulders and has light pink gradient towards the end. She has black eyes, and has three pink gills coming out of her hair on each side of the head. She has a big white finned tail, resembling the one from her species. She wears a white swimsuit with a transparent dress, with a white bow for the top and a smaller white bow for the bottom of her swimsuit. She has a scrunchie on her right hand, and is wearing white sandals.

Series Appearances

Appearances In Kemono Friends Media

Media		Role	First Appearance
2015	Nexon Game	↪ Minor character, playable character
2015	Kemono Friends: Welcome to Japari Park!	↪ Background character	Chapter 2
2017	Kemono Friends (2017 Anime)	↪ Background character	Episode 8
2018	Kemono Friends Festival	↪ Minor character, playable character
2018	Kemono Friends Picross	Appears on multiple puzzles
2019	Kemono Friends 2	↪ Background character	Episode 8
2019	Kemono Friends 3	↪ Minor character, playable character
2022	Kemono Friends Kingdom	↪ Minor character, playable character

In Real Life

Axolotl at Cotswold Wildlife Park.

Axolotls are aquatic salamanders found exclusively around the lake complex of Xochimilco near Mexico City. Axolotls reach lengths on average of 20 cm (9 inches), but can grow to more than 30 cm (12 inches) in length. They exhibit a "neotenous" life, meaning the species never develops into an adult but instead retains its larval characteristics throughout life.

They possess feathery external fern-like gills (usually three stalks on each side of the head) and finned tails for swimming, keeping a permanently aquatic lifestyle. They possess lungs, in addition being able to respire via their external gills and to breathe through their skin. This salamander is known for having a fast regeneration rate which can allow them to regrow limbs and organs. Axolotls are solitary and may be active at any time of the day, they eat molluscs, fishes, and arthropods, as well as conspecifics.

This is a critically endangered species, due to traditional consumption by the local population, introduction of invasive species and the general degradation of the Xochimilco and Chalco lake complex. There are multiple captive colonies in the world, as the species is used in biomedical research, as well as pet trade, but the reintroduction of them is not recommended until the threats can be mitigated.

Trivia

• Currently, Axolotl is the only Amphibian Friends who ever appear outside Nexon game due to being the only Amphibian Friend who was designed by Mine Yoshizaki.
• Wild-type Axolotl color is brown or tan with gold speckles and an olive undertone.
• Leucistic axolotls are the most popular axolotl morph, always being used in most media over it's wild form.

References

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/1095/0

http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Ambystoma_mexicanum/

http://www.edgeofexistence.org/amphibians/species_info.php?id=552