- Blanco River Springs Salamander
Taxobox
name = Blanco River Springs Salamander
status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Amphibia
ordo =Caudata
familia =Plethodontidae
genus = "Eurycea "
species = "E. pterophila"
binomial = "Eurycea pterophila"
binomial_authority = Burger, Smith & Potter, 1950
synonyms = The Blanco River Springs Salamander ("Eurycea pterophila") is a species ofsalamander in thePlethodontidae family.It is endemic to springs in the Blanco River watershed in centralTexas ,United States .Its natural
habitat is freshwater springs.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. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/59273/all Eurycea pterophila] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
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