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Texas Blind Salamander

• Jessica V., Paul R., Joe B., Citlalli B.,

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Description

• The Texas Blind Salamander is a ghostly white
  cave dweller with red gills and long spindly
  legs. They are about 3 to 5 inches long. Their
  eyes look like black dots under their skin.

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Habitat of the Texas Blind
Salamander

• The Texas Blind
• Salamander is a
• cave-dwelling salamander.
• He lives in an underground water system of the
  limestone caverns. It spends its life in complete
  darkness. It is sensitive to changes of water
  quality and ground water contamination.

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Why the Texas Blind Salamander is Endangered

• The water where the Blind Salamander lives is
  being polluted and the water level can become too
  low.

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Interesting Facts

• The Blind Salamander only lives in one state,
  Texas.

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Programs to Help the Animal

• We think that we can help the Blind
  Salamander by stopping the pollution of the water
  where it lives and getting other people to stop
  polluting the water too.

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Research Websites

• http//www.enature.com/fieldguides/view_defau
  lt.asp?allSpeciesysearchTextTexas20Blind20Sal
  amander
• http//www.amphibiainfo.com/gallery/caudata/pletho
  dontidae/eurycea/rathbuni/
• http//animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/resourc
  es/Grzimek_herps/Plethodontidae/Eurycea_rathbuni
• http//www.edwardsaquifer.net/species.htmlTexas2
  0Blind20Salamander20(Typhlomolge20rathbuni

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