The Texas Blind Salamander is one of the most striking cave animals in the world — a pale, eyeless, gill-bearing salamander found only in the Edwards Aquifer caves beneath San Marcos, Texas. Federally endangered.
Habitat
Underground streams and caves in the Edwards Aquifer of central Texas
Diet
Aquatic invertebrates in cave pools
How common
Rare
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