Barton Springs Salamander
Eurycea sosorum
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- E. sosorum – Travis Co, TX – photo from iNaturalist, Mathew Moskwik
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Eurycea sosorum occurs only in Travis County, Texas.
LEGAL STATUS: Eurycea sosorum is listed by the State of Texas as an Endangered Species.
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Eurycea sosorum (Chippindale, Price and Hillis, 1993)
Genus: Eurycea, probably honors Eurydice — although Rafinesque only wrote “Mythological” (Greek) – Eurydice was the wife of Orpheus.
Species: sosorum, honors the conservation group “Save Our Springs”
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962