Georgetown Salamander
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| Eurycea naufragia Chippindale, Price, Wiens & Hillis, 2000 |
The Georgetown Salamander (Eurycea naufragia) is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. It is endemic to springs near Georgetown, Texas, United States.
Its natural habitats are freshwater springs and inland karsts. It is threatened by habitat loss. Many of the springs where this species formerly lived have been destroyed by development. The name of the species (which means "remnants" in Latin) refers to the few remaining remnants of habitat for this species.
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- 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.
- 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.
- Hammerson, G. & Chippindale, P. 2004. Eurycea naufragia. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
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