Texas blind salamander: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Texas blind salamander lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Eurycea rathbuni
Group	Salamanders, newts & caecilians
Status	Critically endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	North America
Class	Amphibian
Order	Caudata
Family	Plethodontidae

Where does the Texas blind salamander live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Texas blind salamander in 1 country or territory across North America.

United States

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Texas blind salamander endangered?

The Texas blind salamander’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Critically endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Texas blind salamander?

The Texas blind salamander (Eurycea rathbuni) is an amphibian in the order Caudata and the family Plethodontidae, genus Eurycea. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Texas blind salamander

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. Its body is less elongated than the olm's, and it has more digits on each limb: four on the front limbs and five on the back, while the olm has three and two respectively.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Texas blind salamander (revision 1356542771), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1499777 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).