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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Salamander Gets Protection in 3 States

Federal wildlife officials have listed a salamander native to south Georgia, Florida and South Carolina as an endangered species. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service also designated more than 27,000 acres in the three states as critical habitat for the reticulated flatwoods salamander and the threatened frosted flatwoods salamander.

The reticulated flatwoods salamander is endangered because of its small population sizes, loss of natural habitat to development and its limited ability to repopulate its historic habitat.

(Associated Press)

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