Distribution
The axolotl is known only from central Mexico, on the southern edge of Mexico City, in canals and wetlands in the general vicinity of Xochimilco (including outside of Xochimilco proper, around the Chalco wetland). The axolotl lives only in wetlands and canals associated with Lake Xochimilco and Lake Chalco, both adjacent to Mexico City. Xochimilco and Chalco are part of a complex of five lakes, among which the Aztecs built Mexico City and around which the city has since expanded. Axolotls are not regularly distributed throughout their range but instead congregate in places where the habitat is still conducive for the survival and breeding of the axolotl