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{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}
{{Taxobox
{{Speciesbox
| color = pink
| name = Texas Salamandersalamander
| status = VU
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| binomialtaxon = ''Eurycea neotenes''▼
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| binomial_authorityauthority = Bishop & Wright, 1937▼
| classis = [[Amphibia]]
| ordo = [[Caudata]]
| familia = [[Plethodontidae]]
| genus = ''[[Eurycea]]''
| species = '''''E. neotenes'''''
▲| binomial = ''Eurycea neotenes''
▲| binomial_authority = Bishop & Wright, 1937
}}
 
The'''''Eurycea neotenes''''', also known as the '''Texas Salamandersalamander''', '''Bexar County salamander''', '''Edwards Plateau salamander''', or '''Texas neotenic salamander''',<ref name=asw>[http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/references.php?id=22348 Amphibian Species of the World: (''Eurycea neotenes'')]</ref> is a [[species]] of entirely aquatic, [[lungless salamander]] native to the [[United States]]. It is [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to central [[Texas]], near [[Helotes, Texas|Helotes]], in [[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]]. Some sources refer to it as the '''Bexar County Salamander''' or the '''Edwards Plateau Salamander'''.
 
== Description ==
The Texas Salamandersalamander grows from {{convert|2 |to |4 inches|in|cm|abbr=on}} in length. It is brown in color, often with yellow or brown mottling, with light -yellow spotting down its back. It is [[neoteny|neotenic]], with a slender body, short limbs, and bright -red external [[gill]]s. The Texas salamander lives in [[caves]], which resulted in reduced vision in its [[eyes]], due to the long period of time in darkness. It is akin to the Texas blind salamander ''[[Eurycea rathbuni]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.herpsoftexas.org/view/salamanders |title=HERPS of Texas |access-date=2012-04-16 |archive-date=2012-04-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415105447/http://www.herpsoftexas.org/view/salamanders |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
* {{aut|Chippindale, P.T., A.H. Price, Wiens, J.J. & Hillis, D.M.}} (2000): Phylogenetic relationships of central Texas hemidactyliine plethodontid salamanders, genus ''Eurycea'', and a taxonomic revision of the group. ''Herpetological Monographs'' '''14''': 1-80.
* {{aut|Hillis, D.M., Chamberlain, D.A., Wilcox, T.P., & Chippindale, P.T.}} (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.
*[http://www.zo.utexas.edu/research/txherps/salamanders/eurycea.neotenes.html Herps of Texas: ''Eurycea neotenes'']
*[http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/references.php?id=22348 Amphibian Species of the World: ''Eurycea neotenes'']
*[http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/59272/summ IUCN Red List: ''Eurycea neotenes'']
 
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[[Category:SalamandersEurycea|neotenes]]▼
{{amphibian-stub}}
[[Category:Blind animals]]
[[Category:Endemic fauna of Texas]]
[[Category:Cave salamanders]]
[[Category:Amphibians of the United States]]
[[Category:Amphibians described in 1937]]
 
 
▲[[Category:Salamanders]]
{{Plethodontidae-stub}}
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