14 DAY TRIAL // A few days ago, the US Fish and Wildlife Service went public with the news that two more species of salamanders living in central Texas were to be listed as endangered ones.
The two species are the Jollyville Plateau salamander and Austin blind salamander.
These creatures can only be found in said part of the US, and risk going extinct in the not so distant future, all thanks to the fact that people have destroyed a large portion of their natural habitats.
Now that they have been listed under the Endangered Species Act, the salamanders get to call 4,451 acres of protected habitat their home, sources tell us.
“This is a critical step toward saving these two salamanders that live nowhere else in the world. But we can’t forget that it’s also an important step for the region’s long-term water quality and health,” conservationist Collette Adkins Giese commented on the US Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to protect these two species.
“Protecting the clean water and habitat that these salamanders need will also protect all the plants and animals that share their landscape, including humans,” she added.