San Marcos 3 | Blind Salamanders | Amphibians | USFWS/NCTC | Texas

Underwater Salamander footage (aquarium) and topside biologist footage Texas.

Blind Salamander – various shots, shot of a pair on rocks;
Barton Springs Salamander in rocks, in weeds; MS Biologist at San Marcos working with native; Texas wild rice in raceway;
MCU Biologist collecting seeds from Texas wild rice in San Marcos River;
CU Texas Wild rice.

Salamanders are a group of amphibians typically characterized by their lizard-like appearance, with slender bodies, blunt snouts, short limbs projecting at right angles to the body, and the presence of a tail in both larvae and adults. All ten extant salamander families are grouped together under the order Urodela from the group Caudata. Urodela is a scientific Latin term based on the Ancient Greek οὐρά δήλη: ourà dēlē "conspicuous tail". Caudata is the Latin for "tailed ones", from 
cauda: "tail".

Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Conservation Training Center, Creative Imagery
USFWS National Digital Library
NCTC Image Library
Producers: USFWS/NCTC

Location: San Marcos Aquatic Resources Center, Texas

HD B-Roll Stock Footage. Produced by the National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) videographers.

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