Barton Springs Salamander
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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Barton Springs Salamander | status = Conservation status: Vulnerable | image = BartonSpringsSalamander.jpeg | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Amphibia | ordo = Caudata | familia = Plethodontidae | genus = Eurycea | species = E. sosorum | binomial = Eurycea sosorum | binomial_authority = Chippindale, Price and Hillis, 1993 }}
The Barton Springs Salamander (Eurycea sosorum) is a rare, endangered salamander that only lives in the environs of Barton Springs in Austin, Texas.
The species name is an acronym for "Save Our Springs", a group dedicated to preserving Barton Springs, plus a Latin genitive plural ending. Despite inhabiting an urban area, the salamander was not identified until 1993. It was put on the federal List of Threatened and Endangered Species in 1997.