Texas Salamander
Eurycea neotenes
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- E. neotenes – Kendall Co, TX – photo from iNaturalist, Saunders Drukker
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- E. neotenes – Locale Private – iNaturalist, Chris Harrison
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- E. neotenes – Locale Private – iNaturalist, Chris Harrison
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Eurycea neotenes occurs in scattered locations north of San Antonio, Texas.
LEGAL STATUS: Eurycea neotenes is listed by the State of Texas as a Threatened Species.
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Eurycea neotenes (Bishop and Wright, 1937)
Genus: Eurycea, probably honors Eurydice — although Rafinesque only wrote “Mythological” (Greek) – Eurydice was the wife of Orpheus.
Species: neotenes, Greek – neotes = youth + –enos = pertaining to — ref. sexual maturity while in larval stage
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962