achoque

plural achoques

1. rareThe Lake Patzcuaro salamander (Ambystoma dumerilii).

   [See title]

   Accepted in 1970, Ronald A. Brandon, “Courtship, spermatophores and eggs of the Mexican Achoque^([sic]), Ambystoma (Bathysiredon) dumerili^([sic]) (Dugès) [pages 247-254]”, in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, volume 49, number 3, Oxford University Press on behalf of The Linnean Society of London, published 2008, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC

   3 more examples

   The Achoque^([sic]) is a familiar animal to local residents and fishermen who exploit it for food and folk medicine.

   1992, Brandon, R.A., “Ambystoma dumerilii”, in Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, →DOI, →ISSN, page 532.2

   Rub Achoques^([sic]) (larval form of Ambystoma dumerilii) [likely misinterpreted as Ambystoma dumerilii remain larviform as adults] with salt and garlic.

   2005, Ernest A. Liner, The Culinary Herpetologist, Salt Lake City, UT: Bibliomania!, →ISBN, page 8

   The Chester Zoo scientists wanted to use captive achoques to test a new tagging method — small, rice grain-sized microchips — before deploying them on wild individuals.

   2025 November 18, “Scientists & nuns unite to save Mexico’s rare achoque salamanders”, in Shreya Dasgupta, editor, Mongabay, archived from the original on 08 May 2026