Eurycea neotenes

Taxobox
name = Texas Salamander
status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Caudata
familia = Plethodontidae
genus = "Eurycea"
species = "E. neotenes"
binomial = "Eurycea neotenes"
binomial_authority = Bishop & Wright, 1937

The Texas Salamander ("Eurycea neotenes") is a species of entirely aquatic, lungless salamander native to the United States. It is endemic to central Texas, near Helotes, in Bexar County. Some sources refer to it as the Bexar County Salamander or the Edwards Plateau Salamander.

Description

The Texas Salamander grows from 2 to 4 inches in length. It is brown in color, often with yellow or brown mottling, with light yellow spotting down its back. It is neotenic, with a slender body, short limbs, and bright red external gills.

References

* (2000): Phylogenetic relationships of central Texas hemidactyliine plethodontid salamanders, genus "Eurycea", and a taxonomic revision of the group. "Herpetological Monographs" 14: 1-80.
* (2001): A new species of subterranean blind salamander (Plethodontidae: Hemidactyliini: "Eurycea": "Typhlomolge") from Austin, Texas, and a systematic revision of central Texas paedomorphic salamanders. "Herpetologica" 57: 266-280.
* [http://www.zo.utexas.edu/research/txherps/salamanders/eurycea.neotenes.html Herps of Texas: "Eurycea neotenes"]
* [http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/references.php?id=22348 Amphibian Species of the World: "Eurycea neotenes"]
* [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/59272/summ IUCN Red List: "Eurycea neotenes"]