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Texas Blind Salamander
Eurycea rathbuni
The Texas Blind Salamander is a rare, cave-dwelling amphibian found exclusively in the Edwards Aquifer region near San Marcos, Texas. Adapted to complete darkness, it has no functional eyes and possesses a pale, almost translucent body with feathery external gills for breathing …
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- Despite living its whole life in total darkness, the Texas Blind Salamander can sense subtle water movements to find prey such as small crustaceans and snails.
- The Texas Blind Salamander is one of the few amphibians that spends its entire life in the larval stage, a condition called neoteny. It is completely blind and uses specialized sensory organs to navigate and hunt in pitch-black environments.
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