GETTING A CLOSER LOOK: USFWS conducts research on Texas Blind Salamander and others

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) San Marcos Aquatic Resources Center team caught a close look at some Texas blind salamanders during a sampling trip at Purgatory Creek Natural Area in San Marcos on Nov. 10. USFWS biologists are conducting research on ten species that live in the Edwards Aquifer, including the Texas Blind Salamander. Clockwise from top left, Texas blind salamanders recently caught in a well in San Marcos, USFWS biological science technician Kelsey Anderson and supervisory fish biologist Lindsay Campbell check for reproductive organs in a Texas Blind salamander that was recently caught. USFWS photos by Aubry Buzek