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. 2021 Dec 8;72(3):254–266. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biab117

Table 2.

List of cave-obligate salamander species.

Species Common name Authority IUCN status Degree of endemism
Chiropterotriton magnipes Big-footed salamander Rabb 1965 Endangered Several sites
Eurycea rathbuni Texas blind salamander Stejneger 1896 Vulnerable Few sites
Eurycea robusta Blanco blind salamander Longley 1978 Data deficient Single site
Eurycea waterlooensis Austin blind salamander Hillis et al. 2001 Vulnerable Single site
Eurycea braggi Southern grotto salamander Smith 1968 NA Region
Eurycea nerea Northern grotto salamander Bishop 1944 NA Region
Eurycea spelaea Western grotto salamander Stejneger 1892 Least concern Region
Eurycea wallacei Georgia blind salamander Carr 1939 Vulnerable Several sites
Eurycea tridentifera Comal blind salamander Mitchell and Reddall 1965 Vulnerable Several sites
Eurycea sp. ‘New Braunfels’ NA mentioned in Goricˇki et al. (2019) NA Single site
Gyrinophilus palleucus Tennessee cave salamander McCrady 1954 Vulnerable Region
Gyrinophilus gulolineatus Berry cave salamander Brandon 1965 Endangered Region
Gyrinophilus subterraneus West Virginia spring salamander Besharse and Holsinger 1977 Endangered Single cave
Proteus anguinus Olm, Proteus Laurenti 1768 Vulnerable Region