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Fern bank salamander

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Species of amphibian

Fern bank salamander
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Eurycea
Species: E. pterophila
Binomial name
Eurycea pterophila
Burger, Smith & Potter, 1950

The fern bank salamander (Eurycea pterophila), also known as the Blanco River Springs salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to springs in the Blanco River watershed in central Texas, United States.

Its natural habitat is freshwater springs.

References

  1. Geoffrey Hammerson (2004). "Eurycea pterophila". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T59273A11908424. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59273A11908424.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  • 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.
Taxon identifiers
Eurycea pterophila


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