New occurrence records for Eurycea tonkawae Chippindale, Price, Wiens & Hillis, 2000 (Caudata, Plethodontidae) from an urbanized watershed in Travis County, Texas, USA

By

Adcock, Zachary C
Maclaren, Andrew R.
Bendik, Nathan
Jones, Ryan M.
Llewellyn, Alex
Sparks, Kenneth
White Iv, Kemble

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020-8-18

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

16

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

1017--1023

Subjects

Conservation , Edwards Aquifer , Habitat , salamander , Spring , threatened species , Urbanization

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/16.4.1017

 

Abstract

We report two new occurrence records for Jollyville Plateau Salamanders, Eurycea tonkawae Chippindale, Price, Wiens & Hillis, 2000, from an urbanized watershed in Travis County, Texas, USA. Eurycea tonkawae is listed as federally threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 due to threats from urbanization, including degradation of water quality and quantity. These new records fill a distributional gap within its known range, highlight the importance of surveying historically neglected areas, identify unprotected populations, and encourage the discovery of new populations.