Texas Blind Salamander
Eurycea rathbuni
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- E. rathbuni – Hays Co, TX – photo from iNaturalist, rachelmahaffey
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Eurycea rathbuni occurs only in Hays County Texas.
LEGAL STATUS: Eurycea rathbuni is listed in the State of Texas as an Endangered Species.
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Eurycea rathbuni (Stejnengr, 1896)
Genus: Eurycea, probably honors Eurydice — although Rafinesque only wrote “Mythological” (Greek) – Eurydice was the wife of Orpheus.
Species: rathbuni, honors Richard Rathbun
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962