R is for Rathbuni's Salamander

The Craft Barn alpha/dictionary challenge is now asking for R. I looked through my wildlife encyklopedia and chose this blind cave salamander, that actually is really called "Texas blind salamander" if wikipedia can be trusted. Besides the Craft Barn alpha challenge I'm joining in the Craft barn bi-weekly challenge (background circles) and the Country View challenge (Industrial... not that there is anything industrial about the salamander, but the metallic background :)

I covered a piece of paper with aluminium tape and embossed it with a Tim Holtz stencil. I decided not to grunge it with anything, the shiny metal looks fun with the pink non-pigmented critter. As you can see, Finns love to combine words if they initially belong together... "rathbuninluolasalamanteri" is quite a long name but means "the cave-salamander of Rathbun (or Rathbuni)". Wikipedia didn't give a clue about Rathbuni: place or person?!? Below you can see the back of the card with the description. The letter stamp and the harlequin background stamp are both from Rubber Dance Art stamps.

The previous cards for this alpha challenge can be found here:

b (bananaquit)
f (falanouc)
l (flying dragon)
q (quelea)
r (rathbuni's salamander)