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The salamander's mature length is around 13 cm (5 in). The forelimbs carry four digits and the hind limbs possess five digits. [5] The species is found to be able to regenerate its tail and limbs if they are lost. [6] Its diet varies by what flows into its cave, and includes blind shrimp (Palaemonetes antrorum), snails, and amphipods.
It is endemic to a small region at the junction of Comal, Bexar and Kendall Counties in Texas. It is 1.5 to 3.0 in long, with a slender body and external gills, and is an overall translucent pink color. The salamander depends on a constant supply of clean, cool water from the Edwards Aquifer. Hunting tiny snails, shrimp, and other aquatic ...
Four species are categorized as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature: the Barton Springs salamander, the Texas blind salamander, the black-spotted newt, and the Houston toad. Furthermore, Texas law protects several native amphibians, designating eleven species as threatened within the state and four others as endangered.
Eurycea rathbuni, the Texas cave salamander, or Texas blind salamander (formerly, Typhlomolge rathbuni) Eurycea tridentifera, the Honey Creek Cave blind salamander, or Comal blind salamander; Eurycea braggi, the southern grotto salamander (formerly Typhlotriton braggi) Eurycea nerea, the northern grotto salamander (formerly Typhlotriton nereus)
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It is sometimes referred to as the Valdina blind salamander or sinkhole salamander. As some other species of Eurycea found in Texas, it was once classified as a subspecies of the Texas salamander, Eurycea neotenes , and believed to possibly be the result of hybridization with another species of subterranean salamander, but was granted full ...
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Eurycea neotenes, also known as the Texas salamander, Bexar County salamander, Edwards Plateau salamander, or Texas neotenic salamander, [3] is a species of entirely aquatic, lungless salamander native to the United States. It is endemic to central Texas, near Helotes, in Bexar County.