salamander
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Mexicans have plenty of spiritual animalistic icons and regional exclusives that make sense, from the endangered axolotl salamander to Xoloitzcuintle, a hairless dog.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026
“He is a mix between a bird of prey, like a peregrine falcon, with extremely streamlined shapes — of course a feline but also a Mexican salamander called an axolotl,” Otto says.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2025
In the animal kingdom, some of the largest genomes include certain lungfishes and salamander at about 120 billion base pairs.
From BBC • May 31, 2024
“We can’t interview them,” said Christian E. Brown, an author of the study, “and it’s hard to know what a salamander is thinking.”
From New York Times • May 2, 2024
Most salamanders are tiny, only an inch or two long, but the rare and startlingly ugly hellbender salamander can attain lengths of over two feet.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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