Axolotl conservation is at risk
Several species of the genus Ambystoma are endangered. So is the biological data that documents them and the funding of those who conserve them.
Onchain conservation for Mexico’s axolotls
AxoloDAO connects institutions, researchers and communities to protect the 17 Ambystoma species through public digital infrastructure.
Blockchain as public infrastructure
AxoloDAO preserves axolotl biological data on decentralized public infrastructure and economically sustains those who register each specimen.
Onchain capital dedicated to conservation
axolodao.eth coordinates public funding for axolotls through the Xolotlcalli BioMuseum.
Since October 2025
17
Species mapped
Ambystoma documented in the interactive map.
3
Species in custody
14 specimens in custody.
+2,500
BioMuseum visitors
People who have met the axolotls.
+100
Onchain transactions
Verifiable movements on axolodao.eth.
+5 ETH
Dedicated to conservation
Onchain capital allocated to Ambystoma.
AxoloDAO nodes
Three onchain organizations coordinate daily operations.
AxoloNews
Latest from the AxoloDAO nodes.
Pulso AxoloDAO
Weekly Instagram digest with news and podcast.
Pulso #25 Pulso AxoloDAO · Week 25 — the A. mexicanum larvae spiked ammonia to 1 ppm in their small tank and have moved into the big system, healthy and feeding; we tell the origin of Xovi, from ETHGlobal San Francisco 2024 to the collaboration with Inteli toward recording the biodiversity of Mexico and Brazil; and we open a call with Querétaro's Secretaría de Cultura for local artists to illustrate the axolotl's 108 behaviors. Next week, our first special guest and the giant salamanders that look like axolotls.
Pulso #24 Pulso AxoloDAO · Week 24 — we retire one filter and merge the two A. mexicanum units into a sturdier AM system, we take the axolotl to World Environment Day with a stand alongside Semarnat at Parque La Queretana amid microplastics, Xovi and plenty of student curiosity, and we remember that the pink axolotl does not exist: the craze for colorful axolotls fuels trafficking, like the “Nemo effect”, so let's love the real axolotl. Next week we share the results of the Xovi tester onboarding at Ndali.
Pulso #23 Pulso AxoloDAO · Week 23 — Panchita is discharged and returns to the Biomuseo after closing her eye treatment, we roll out our own water formula by lowering NaCl to 0.3 g/L and raising mineral salts, Xovi adds the axolotl album to capture behaviors that Alex validates, and a Xovi tester event on Wednesday, June 10 at Ndali with free registration.
Pulso #22 Pulso AxoloDAO · Week 22 — Panchita closes her diagnosis (a permanent cataract with a healthy nerve) and returns to the Biomuseo, Shobi opens its tester call with remote adoption and rewards, May joins the team full-time, and a preview of the podcast on axolotl regeneration and genetics.
Pulso #21 Pulso AxoloDAO · Week 21 — Chocorrol returns to the Biomuseo after finishing its antifungal course, new Scossi lights debut a circadian cycle (dawn, UV, dusk and moon), Axolovision is now Xovi with remote adoption and token rewards, and a preview of the podcast on axolotl neoteny, regeneration and genetics.
Pulso #20 Pulso AxoloDAO · Week 20 — New quarantine area outside the Biomuseo, Rómulo and Chocorrol on antifungal treatment, hatchlings reveal phenotype (one leucistic, one wild-type), and a preview of the podcast on axolotl genetics.
AxoloDAO Podcast
Weekly conversations from the Biomuseo.
Partners and allies
Academic, public and research institutions that sustain the work.
Axolotls and achoques of Mexico
Kingdom Animalia · Phylum Chordata · Class Amphibia · Order Caudata · Family Ambystomatidae · Genus Ambystoma
Browse by species or by state on the interactive map of Mexico.
* According to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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Active projects
Initiatives combining science, community and onchain tooling.
How to participate
Three paths into the ecosystem.