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Species of the week:
Rana siberu
Amphibian News!
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The California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii) has been extirpated from 99% of its Sierra Nevada range and is believed to be extinct in the Central Valley. Breeding populations remain along the coast. In 1996, it was declared threatened and over 4 million acres of critical habitat were designated. However, in 2006 developers sued and 90% of that habitat designation was lost.
Now that has been partially remedied, thanks to legal action by the Center for Biological Diversity. As of March 16, 2010, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service has designated 1.6 million acres of habitat as critical, and the agency has acknowledged that the earlier reduction was flawed because of political interference.
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