Salado Springs salamander

Salado Springs salamander
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe) [2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Urodela
Family:	Plethodontidae
Genus:	Eurycea
Species:	E. chisholmensis
Binomial name
Eurycea chisholmensis Chippindale, Price, Wiens, and Hillis, 2000
Salado salamander range [3]

The Salado Springs salamander (Eurycea chisholmensis) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to the vicinity of Salado, Texas. ^{[1] [4]}

Its natural habitat is freshwater springs. It has been found only from a few springs that feed Salado Creek in Bell County, Texas. These springs were important along the historical Chisholm Trail, from which the name of the species is derived.

In 2014, it was listed under the Endangered Species Act with Threatened status. ^[3] It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Eurycea chisholmensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2023 e.T59263A118990268. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T59263A118990268.en . Retrieved 10 February 2025.
2. NatureServe. "Eurycea chisholmensis". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
3. "FWS species profile, Salado salamander".
4. Frost, Darrel R. (2021). "Eurycea chisholmensis Chippindale, Price, Wiens, and Hillis, 2000". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001 . Retrieved 5 February 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 Monographs14: 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. Herpetologica57: 266–280.