Their distribution is limited and unknown reproductive rates mean that it is possible they are especially susceptible to habitat destruction and other threats.

They live in the karst terrain in Travis County, which is formed by "dissolution of calcium carbonate from limestone bedrock by mildly acidic groundwater."

To date, over 700 karst features have been located in two counties in Texas, while only 100 of these are believed to contain endangered species.

Texella reyesi was considered T. reddelli because of their similarities, but it has since been identified as different and now is also on the endangered species list.

Those that were originally thought to be T. reddelli, but now are renamed Texella reyesi occur in Tooth, McDonald, Weldon, and Root caves, also in Texas.

Development activities that result in the alteration of natural drainage patterns can negatively affect these species.

[4] Fire ants are especially detrimental to the Karst ecosystem, although the main threat to the species is loss of habitat to urban development.

The shallow caves makes Texella reddelli vulnerable to invasion by fire ants and other exotic species.

Even if the fire ants do not always directly prey upon the Texella reddelli, their presence can have a negative effect on the ecosystem and species that are critical in the food chain.

Areas that are chosen should not be close together in case of a disaster and in order to protect the maximum genetic diversity.

The troglobites require protection from contaminated ground water and other non-native predators such as fire ants.