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Stories about: Ambystoma mexicanum

The Amazing Aztec Water Monster Faces Extinction The axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum), a salamander that also goes by the names of the "water monster" or the "Mexican walking fish," was an important element in Aztec legends and diet. As legend has it, the Aztec god of lightning, death and monstrosities, Xolotl, changed into an axolotl and ran into hiding in the Xochim... 4 November 2008 06:10 GMT