Texas Fauna Project

Barton Springs Salamander

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Dr. Tom DeWitt is a researcher and teacher in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Texas, and a long-time student of the Barton Springs salamander and other amphibians. Here he explains his concerns that aquifer depletion and spring loss in central Texas since the 1950s are putting salamanders and a host of groundwater-dependent species, including people, at risk.