Austin Blind Salamander

Taxobox
name = Austin Blind Salamander


status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Caudata
familia = Plethodontidae
genus = "Eurycea"
species = "E. waterlooensis"
binomial = "Eurycea waterlooensis"
binomial_authority = Hillis, Chamberlain, Wilcox & Chippindale, 2001
synonyms = The Austin Blind Salamander ("Eurycea waterlooensis") is an endangered species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to Barton Springs in Austin, Texas, United States.

Its natural habitat is inland karsts. It is known only from the spring exits at Barton Springs in the city of Austin. Its name is derived from Waterloo, the original name of Austin.

References

* (1993): A new species of perennibranchiate salamander ("Eurycea", Plethodontidae) from Austin, Texas. "Herpetologica" 49: 242-259.
* (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/59278/all Eurycea waterlooensis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 23 July 2007.