Piping Plover The Piping Plover is a small migratory shore bird that winters on the Texas Gulf Coast. The piping plover has three distinct populations that migrate from the Northern Great Plains, the Atlantic Coast and the Great Lakes. The Great Plains and Atlantic Coast plovers were listed as threatened under the ESA, while the…
Red Knot The Red Knot is a migratory shorebird that breeds on the elevated tundra of central Canada before migrating each fall to multiple wintering grounds on the coasts of North and South America. The Rufa Red Knot subspecies has been designated as federally threatened species under the ESA. The overwintering grounds for the Rufa…
Undescribed Eurycea species #2 Common Name: Undescribed salamander species Scientific Name: Eurycea species 2 (Devitt, 2019) Federal Endangered Species Act Status: No Status State of Texas Species Conservation Status: Not Listed Distribution; Kerr and Gillespie counties Physical Description: Eurycea salamanders from Kerr County have not previously been described as unique species. Previous researchers presumed that…
Fern Bank salamander (Eurycea pterophila) Common Name: Fern Bank salamander Scientific Name: Eurycea pterophila (Devitt, 2019) Federal Endangered Species Act Status: No Status State of Texas Species Conservation Status: Threatened Distribution: Kendall, Blanco, Hays, & Comal counties Physical Description: The Fern Bank salamander (Eurycea pterophila) was first described in 1950 (Burger, Potter and Smith 1950).…
Cascade Caverns salamander (Eurycea latitans) Common Name: Cascade Caverns salamander Scientific Name: Eurycea latitans (previously Eurycea tridentifera, Devitt, 2019) Federal Endangered Species Act Status: E. latitans has No Status –The defunct species name E. tridentifera was previously Under Review State of Texas Species Conservation Status: Threatened Distribution; Kendall and Comal Counties Physical Description: The Cascade…