Fun Facts!

-Eurycea tridentifera is a threatened species! (Amphibiaweb).
    Another animal on the threatened species list is the sun bear.

-They were first discovered in 1895 (Amphibiaweb).

-The total size of the population is still unkown today since they are a hard species to observe and research (IUCN).

-They are lungless organisms for a portion of their lives and breath through reddish external gills (iNaturalist).

-They have 4 toes on their front feet, but 5 on their back feet! (Herps of Texas).

-Their embryos are not affected by sunlight, unlike most salamanders, but water temperature does affect them. A extremely high or low water temperature is potentially detramental to the embry (Amphibiaweb).

-The porous skin of the Comal blind salamander can be tested to help scientists moniter environmental toxins
    Another organism with porous skin is the Synanceia verrucosa (Amphibiaweb).

To check other cool facts about other awesome organisms make sure to check out multipleorganisms.net!

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