Section 10(a)(1)(A) Scientific Permit Requirements For Federally Listed Eurycea Salamanders

Section 10(a)(1)(A) Scientific Permit Requirements For Federally Listed Eurycea Salamanders
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Scientific permit requirements for conducting and reporting on presence/absence surveys and related permitted activities for listed Eurycea salamanders.  Please note that this document supersedes any previous guidance from the Service on conducting presence/absence surveys.  We ask that you refer to this document before conducting activities authorized for these species by your permit.  

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Supervisory Fish & Wildlife Biologist; Listing and Recovery Branch Supervisor
Ecological Services
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Interim Terrestrial Karst Invertebrate Lead Biologist
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Austin,TX
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Austin Ecological Services Field Office
The Austin Ecological Services Field Office is one of four field offices throughout the state of Texas under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Ecological Services program. This program works closely with our partners to conserve the nation's fish, wildlife, plants and habitat by providing...
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Austin,TX
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The Ecological Services Program works to restore and protect healthy populations of fish, wildlife, and plants and the environments upon which they depend. Using the best available science, we work with federal, state, Tribal, local, and non-profit stakeholders, as well as private land owners, to...
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Baileys Crossroads,VA
Species
Barton Springs Salamander

Barton Springs salamanders have slender bodies with elongated limbs, flattened snouts, and three pairs of bright red external gills. They have four toes on their front feet and five on their hind feet; they also have short, finned tails with single orange-yellow stripes. The small amphibians...

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Animalia
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The Jollyville Plateau salamander is a neotenic (does not transform into a terrestrial form) member of the family Plethodontidae. As neotenic salamanders, they retain external gills and inhabit aquatic habitats (springs, spring-runs, and wet caves) throughout their lives. The Jollyville Plateau...
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Animalia
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Picture of a thin brown San Marcos salamander resting in green aquatic vegetation.

The San Marcos salamander is endemic to the San Marcos Springs and nearby surface and subterranean aquatic habitats. This species is known primarily from rocky habitats and submerged aquatic vegetation in and near springs of Spring Lake, parts of Spring Lake Dam, and nearby parts of the upper...

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Animalia
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A small, translucent and eyeless salamander walks toward camera.

Eurycea rathbuni (= Typhlomolge rathbuni), the Texas blind salamander, is restricted in its distribution to the Edwards aquifer artesian and recharge zone in the vicinity of San Marcos, Hays County, Texas. It is subterranean but individuals may reach the surface via springs.

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Animalia
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Southwest