Texas blind salamander

Texas blind salamander
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Eurycea
Species:
E. rathbuni
Binomial name
Eurycea rathbuni
(Stejneger, 1896)
Synonyms[4]
  • Typhlomolge rathbuni Stejneger, 1896

The Texas blind salamander (Eurycea rathbuni) is a rare and endangered cave-dwelling troglobite amphibian native to San Marcos, Hays County, Texas, specifically the San Marcos Pool of the Edwards Aquifer. This species resembles the olm, another stygofaunal salamander from Europe. Unlike the olm, this amphibian's body is not as elongated, and also has less reduced digits on its limbs (the olm only has three digits on its front limbs, and two on the back).

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2023). "Eurycea rathbuni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T39262A118975720.
  2. ^ "Texas blind salamander (Eurycea rathbuni)". Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  3. ^ 32 FR 4001
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Frost was invoked but never defined (see the help page).