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Axolotl Coloring Pages

Smiling axolotls with feathery gills, bubbles and water plants. Their round shapes and big spaces make them quick and cheerful to color.

  • 24 printable pages
  • 2 PDF books
  • 12 easy
  • 12 medium
  • 24 for kids
  • A4 & US Letter PDF

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About these axolotl coloring pages

These axolotls all share the same friendly body plan: a wide round head, frilly gills fanning out on both sides, short legs with little fingers, and a long flat tail. The simplest pages show that body with very little else. One faces you head-on, one glides along in side view the way a real axolotl swims, one sleeps curled into a crescent, and a tiny pair face each other across the middle of the page. Others hug a single object to their bellies, such as a ball, a heart or a pebble, or sit inside a scallop shell, under a wide lily leaf, or next to a snail with a spiral shell. The scene pages are busier and turn the axolotl into a character: it pours tea on a lily pad, mixes batter in a chef hat, lines up seashells on a rock, swings in a hammock tied to seaweed, reads on a stone, plays a drum, paints pebbles and peeks through a round coral arch. Bubbles and water plants drift through many of them.

Coloring tips

  • Wild axolotls are dark olive, brown or gray with black speckles and a few gold flecks; the pale pink ones most people picture are pet color forms.
  • Pet axolotls also come in golden, white with pink eyes, and almost black, so each axolotl on the page can be a different real color.
  • On pale axolotls the gills look red or deep pink because blood shows through the thin skin, so color the feathery fringe darker than the gill stalks.
  • Keep the tail fin a lighter shade than the body, since a real fin is thin and slightly see-through at the edge.

What you will find

The real axolotl shape

Side views, a front view and a sleeping curl that show the gills, legs and tail plainly, good for a first look at the animal.

  • An axolotl swimming, shown from the side.
  • A smiling axolotl facing forward, with feathery gills on both sides of its head.
  • A sleeping axolotl curled up.
  • An axolotl beside a simple water plant.
  • Two small axolotls facing each other.

Something to hug

Easy axolotls holding or sitting in one big object, so a young child colors the animal and one extra shape.

  • An axolotl holding a plain ball.
  • An axolotl holding a heart.
  • An axolotl peeking out of a rounded shell.
  • An axolotl sitting beside a pebble.
  • An axolotl waving one front leg.

Pond and reef settings

Lily pads, seaweed, a snail and a coral ring place the axolotl in water, with plants to color in greens around it.

  • An axolotl resting under a large water lily leaf.
  • An axolotl next to a friendly snail.
  • A cute axolotl serving tea on a large lily pad, with a teapot and two teacups.
  • A cute axolotl resting in a small hammock tied between two water plants.
  • A cute axolotl peeking through a round coral arch.

Axolotls with hobbies

Medium scenes with a chef hat, a book, a drum or a bubble wand, for kids ready for more parts.

  • A cute axolotl in a chef hat stirring a mixing bowl with a wooden spoon.
  • A cute axolotl reading an open picture book on a broad, smooth stone.
  • A cute axolotl playing a small drum with two drumsticks on the pond floor.
  • A cute axolotl blowing round bubbles through a bubble ring.

Where to start

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How to use these axolotl coloring pages

  1. Step 1

    Pick a difficulty

    This set has 12 easy, 12 medium pages. Easy pages have thick outlines and big spaces for young kids; medium and detailed pages add smaller areas for older kids and adults.

  2. Step 2

    Print on A4 or US Letter

    Open any page and choose the A4 or US Letter PDF. Print at 100% (actual size) so the outlines stay crisp and the margins stay even.

  3. Step 3

    Print a whole book at once

    2 coloring books bundle 12 of these pages into a single PDF, handy for a class or a long trip.

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Questions about axolotl coloring pages

What colors is a real axolotl?

In the wild they are dark olive, brown or gray with darker spots. Pets are bred in pale pink-white with dark eyes, golden, white albino and nearly black, and any of these suits the shapes on this page.

What are the frilly things on an axolotl's head?

They are external gills, three on each side, which the axolotl uses to breathe underwater. Every design here draws them as big feathery fans, a good place for a second color.

Where do axolotls live in the wild?

Wild axolotls survive mainly in the canals of Xochimilco, in the south of Mexico City, where they are critically endangered. Unlike most salamanders, they keep their gills and stay in the water all their lives.

Are these axolotl coloring pages free to print?

Yes. Every page is a free A4 or US Letter PDF. Guests can download 5 pages a day as PDF or PNG, and free accounts 20, with no watermark. The editable SVG file needs a free account.

How many axolotl coloring pages are there?

There are 24 reviewed pages in this collection (12 easy, 12 medium). New pages are added as they pass review.

Which difficulty should I choose?

Easy pages have large shapes for young children, medium pages add more detail, and detailed pages suit teens and adults. Library pages are free for personal, family, classroom and other non-commercial use. Reselling or redistributing the files is not allowed; see the License page for details.

Is there a axolotl coloring book?

Yes: Easy Axolotl Coloring Book, Cute Axolotl Coloring Book. Each book bundles 12 pages into one A4 or US Letter PDF.

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