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The northern slimy salamander, aka viscid salamander, grey-spotted salamander, slippery salamander, or sticky salamander, can be found throughout 2/3rds of the eastern United States. They face the threats of habitat loss and destruction, due to logging, and invasive species and with them competition for food and the potential for Batrachochytrium […]

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The ringed caecilian has the largest known distribution of any terrestrial species of caecilian. They hail from South America. These caecilians face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial developments, farming, ranching, and deforestation (due to logging), land pollution, that causes mortality due […]

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The Taita African caecilian, aka Taita Hills caecilian or Taita Mountains caecilian, hails from the Taita Hills region of southeast Kenya, in Africa. These critters face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential development, commercial development, farming, and ranching; land pollution; and water pollution; both […]

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The green salamander is a species of lungless salamander in the family Plethodontidae, and are the only currently-described members of the genus Aneides. They hail from the eastern half of the United States. These salamanders face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial […]

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The lesser siren, aka two-legged eel, dwarf siren, and mud eel, hails from central and eastern United States as well as northern Mexico. These salamanders face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial developments; and disease, in the form of the deadly Batrachochytrium […]

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The spotted salamander, aka yellow-spotted salamander, is a species of mole salamander that hails from eastern Canada and eastern United States. These salamanders face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of deforestation from the logging industry; roads and railroads that divide their territory and can result […]

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The long-toed salamander gets their name due to their long outer 4th toe on the hind limbs. These critters are found at up to 9,200 feet elevations. They face the threats of invasive species in the form of trout that consume the larval stage of these salamanders; and likely habitat […]

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The reticulated leaf frog, aka reticulate leaf frog, hails from Brazil. They prefer tropical woodland-savannas and Atlantic semi-deciduous forests. These frogs face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of farming, ranching, mining, quarrying, logging, fires, fire suppression, residential developments, and commercial developments; dams, which divide their […]

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The California tiger salamander was previously considered to be a subspecies of the tiger salamander, however these salamanders were recently designated as a separate species again. They face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial developments, as well as the timber industry; roads […]

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The Peters’ dwarf frog can be found in Amazonian Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Taxonomy and classification of these frogs is always changing due to the continual evolution of behavioral isolation and rapid speciation (the formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution) in the region. These frogs […]

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