Salado Springs Salamander

Taxobox
name = Salado Springs Salamander


status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Caudata
familia = Plethodontidae
genus = "Eurycea"
species = "E. chisholmensis"
binomial = "Eurycea chisholmensis"
binomial_authority = Chippindale, Price, Wiens & Hillis, 2000
synonyms = The Salado Springs Salamander ("Eurycea chisholmensis") is a candidate species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to the vicinity of Salado, Texas, United States.

Its natural habitat is freshwater springs. It has been found only from a few springs that feed Salado Creek in Bell County, Texas, United States. These springs were important along the historical Chisholm Trail, from which the name of the species is derived.It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* Hammerson, G. & Chippindale, P. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/59263/all Eurycea chisholmensis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
* (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.