ZooChat Challenge Great Britain, Ireland, and Crown Dependencies 2024

I've looked way too much into axolotls for the day...
Though I do find it interesting how humanity manufactured the 'neo-axolotl' largely from the axolotl, but also from the other North American salamanders. And with less than 1000 of the 'original form' remaining... but the neo-axolotl sees immense success in the laboratory and as a household pet.
Looking at older illustrations of the axolotl - my guess for what the original phenotype looked like was that it was muddy-brown with spotting; but with pink frills as well.

And some captive axolotls display such a phenotype; to varying degree.


Though of course this is rather variable

 

Silly mistake, thank you for the correction. Visited ZSL London so I will add these species on to the list soon.

 

Drayton Manor Park 23/04/24
22 Green and Black Poison Frog Dendrobates auratus
23 Giant Leaf Frog Phyllomedusa bicolor
24 Blue-legged Mantella Mantella inexpectata