Pictured is an Undescribed Species of Eurycea Salamander from the Pedernales River Basin (2 of 2) (IMAGE)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Pictured is an Undescribed Species of Eurycea Salamander from the Pedernales River Basin (2 of 2)

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Pictured is an undescribed species of Eurycea salamander from the Pedernales River basin in Central Texas. This species belongs to a radiation of aquatic, groundwater-dependent salamanders endemic to the Edwards-Trinity aquifer system of west-central Texas.

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Image courtesy of Thomas J. Devitt.

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