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The Texas blind salamander is an endangered amphibian endemic to the subterranean water-filled caves of the Edwards Aquifer in San Marcos, Texas. Adapted to life in complete darkness, it lacks pigmentation, giving it a translucent white or pinkish appearance, and possesses vestigial, non-functional...
The Barton Springs Salamander (Eurycea sosorum) is a neotenic aquatic salamander species endemic solely to the four spring outlets that comprise Barton Springs in Austin, Texas. This fully aquatic salamander retains its external gills throughout its life cycle and reaches approximately 6.4 centimete...
Eurycea lucifuga, commonly known as the cave salamander, is a species of lungless salamander native to the eastern and central United States. It is typically orange to reddish-orange with dark spots or blotches along its body and reaches a total length of 11 to 16 centimeters. Despite its name, the...
The grotto salamander, Eurycea spelaea, is a lungless salamander native to caves and associated waters of the Ozark Plateau in the central United States. Aquatic larvae are pigmented and have functional eyes, while metamorphosed adults become pale, retain reduced eyes, and live primarily in subterra...
The San Marcos salamander, Eurycea nana, is a small, fully aquatic salamander native only to the spring-fed upper San Marcos River in Hays County, Texas. It has external gills and slender limbs and lives among aquatic vegetation and algae-covered substrates in clear, thermally stable water. The spec...
The Long-tailed Salamander (Eurycea longicauda) is a lungless salamander species native to eastern North America, characterized by its exceptionally long tail comprising up to 60% of its total body length. The species inhabits streams, caves, and rocky areas across regions from New York to Alabama....
A small neotenic lungless salamander (Eurycea tynerensis) found in springs and caves of the Ozark Plateau in Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri, retaining larval gill features throughout its adult life.
Eurycea bislineata, commonly called the northern two-lined salamander, is a small lungless salamander native to eastern North America. It is typically yellowish or tan, with two dark lines extending along the back from behind the eyes toward the tail. Adults inhabit moist areas beside rocky streams,...
The three-lined salamander (Eurycea guttolineata) is a species of lungless salamander in the family Plethodontidae native to the southeastern United States, ranging from Virginia south to Florida and west to eastern Texas. Adults are slender and yellowish to tan, with three dark longitudinal stripes...
