Valinda Farms Salamander
Eurycea troglodytes
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- E. troglodytes – Bandera Co, TX – photo by Matt Hollanders
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- E. troglodytes – Bandera Co, TX – photo by Matt Hollanders
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- E. troglodytes – Bandera Co, TX – photo by Matt Hollanders
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- E. troglodytes – Bandera Co, TX – photo by Matt Hollanders
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- E. troglodytes – Bandera Co, TX – photo by Matt Hollanders
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- E. troglodytes – Map by USGS
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Eurycea troglodytes occurs only in Texas in Bandera, Edwards, Gilespie, Kerr, Medina, Real and Uvalde Counties.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Eurycea troglodytes (Baker, 1957)
Genus: Eurycea, probably honors Eurydice — although Rafinesque only wrote “Mythological” (Greek) – Eurydice was the wife of Orpheus.
Species: troglodytes, Greek – trogle = a hole made by gnawing + dytes = burrower — from which was coined the French word troglodytes meaning dwellers in caves — prob. ref. habitat
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962