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EFFECT OF URBANIZATION ON ABUNDANCE OF JOLLYVILLE PLATEAU SALAMANDERS (EURYCEA TONKAWAE) NATHAN F. BENDIK1,2, BLAKE N. SISSEL1, JACQUELINE R. FIELDS3, LISA J. O’DONNELL4, AND MARK S. SANDERS4 1 Watershed Protection Department, City of … The known range of this species is limited to six stream drainages, and most known localities are at risk of impairment from urban development. 0000099735 00000 n
Prey is what it eats, like it's diet. This species is perrenibranchiate, retaining its gills throughout life. 0000001963 00000 n
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It is a member of the family, Plethodontidae, also known as the lung-less salamanders (oxygen exchange occurs entirely through their skin and/or gills in aquatic species). A two-year intensive study in 1997 and 1998 was designed to collect baseline information about these salamanders. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a Petition To List the Jollyville Plateau salamander (Eurycea tonkawae) as Endangered With Critical Habitat. 0000157738 00000 n
The juveniles salamanders live in the shallow water while the adult ones prefer waters with stones or rocks that can be used as shelters. 0000153091 00000 n
Fish & Wildlife Service ECOS Environmental Conservation Online System Eurycea tonkawae is the sister taxon to E. naufragia and E. chisolmensis, two other endemic perrenibranchiate central Texas salamanders. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 9(1):206−222. 0000003027 00000 n
We examined 822 Jollyville Plateau Salamanders, Eurycea tonkawae, from Williamson and Travis counties, Texas, U.S.A., for endoparasites. 0000098966 00000 n
Now it's in more danger than ever from the city of Austin's planned construction of a water-treatment plant in the heart of its habitat. The paucity of ecological and life history infor-mation is a hindrance to the development of a watershed management policy that would promote The Jollyville Plateau salamander (Eurycea tonkawae) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. In August, 2013, this species was listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.[2]. The Jollyville Plateau Salamander (Eurycea tonkawae) is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to Travis and Williamson counties, Texas, United States.This species is perrenibranchiate, retaining its gills throughout life. 0000066941 00000 n
So when the city of Austin opted to build a 10.5 km (6.5 mi) long water line directly below it, there was understandably some concern—but not for humans. Blind salamanders are cave-dwelling troglobite amphibians native to Hays County, Texas. Appendix K –Travis County FY 2016 Jollyville Plateau Salamander Monitoring Report. Jollyville Plateau salamanders (Eurycea tonkawae; Figure 1) are restricted to northwestern Travis and southern Williamson counties, Austin, Texas (Chippindale et al., 2000), and are federally listed as threatened (US Fish and Wildlife Service 2013). Reg. 161 Pp 51278-51326". Fish and Wildlife Service (due to a limited geographical range and degradation of its habitat. The Jollyville Plateau salamander is listed as a federally threatened species by the U.S. Jollyville Plateau salamanders (Eurycea tonkawae) were described by Chippindale, Price, Wiens, and Hillis (2000); the type locality is a spring at the margin of the Jollyville Plateau in the city of Austin, Travis County, Texas. 0000117840 00000 n
They look the same their whole life, not getting any taller and weighing the same. The threatened, obligate aquatic, Jollyville Plateau salamander (Eurycea tonkawae) is found in urbanized and rural catchments within central Texas and has experienced population declines in heavily urbanized areas. 0000067325 00000 n
The inhabitants of the Canyonlands include some of the state’s most endangered species, from tiny, blind cave spiders to songbirds to the green-speckled Jollyville Plateau Salamander. Its natural habitats are freshwater springs, spring runs, and wet caves of the Buttercup karst system. 0000036549 00000 n
It is endemic to Travis and Williamson counties, Texas, United States. The Jollyville Plateau Salamander has only 2 stages of its life, egg then larvae. The Jollyville Plateau salamander (Eurycea tonkawae) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. 0000001769 00000 n
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