world. Is the axolotl, a species of amphibian salamander of me- 

 tamorphlc oddity and international scientific appeal". Thus De- 

 gins the introduction to this very useful book, which will be 

 certain to interest many embryologists and experimental morphol- 

 ogists. Its bulk consists of a bibliography of more than 3,300 

 titles, which is virtually complete until 1969 and partly covers 

 1970 as well. This is followed by a 13-page subject index mainly 

 based on the titles of the articles in the bibliography, and by 

 an index to co-authors. 



The 17-page introduction gives much historical, systematic, 

 taxonomic , and ecological Information on Ambystoma mexlcanum and 

 Its close relatives in North and Central America, and on the or- 

 igin of laboratory populations of axolotls in Europe and else- 

 where . 



The study was conducted with support of the U.S. National Li- 

 brary of Medicine and the University of Colorado. The book is 

 produced in offset print. 



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