Georgetown Salamander

Taxobox
name = Georgetown Salamander


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

Its natural habitats are freshwater springs and inland karsts.It is threatened by habitat loss. Many of the springs where this species formerly lived have been destroyed by development. The name of the species (which means "remnants" in Latin) refers to the few remaining remnants of habitat for this species.

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.
* Hammerson, G. & Chippindale, P. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/59271/all Eurycea naufragia] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 23 July 2007.