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Back Into the Fray for Eastern Hellbenders The Center for Biological Diversity and allies just filed a lawsuit over the Trump administration’s refusal to protect North America’s largest salamander, the eastern hellbender.
These river dwellers breathe through their skin, can grow to be 2 feet long, and are known by colorful nicknames like “snot otter” and “old lasagna sides,” referencing the loose, frilly skin along their body and mucus-like coating (which may have antibiotic properties). Sadly almost 80% of hellbender populations across the 15 southeastern, midwestern and northeastern states where they range have disappeared or are declining due to dams, pollution, deforestation, oil and gas development, and mining. ....
The quest to gain protected status for the salamander that is Pennsylvania’s official state amphibian has been a lengthy journey, beginning in April 2010 when the center first petitioned the service to add the hellbender to the endangered species list. “It’s, unfortunately, not uncommon for petitions … to not result in the protection of species for a decade,” said Brian Segee, who, as the center’s senior attorney, serves as the hellbender’s legal counsel. “Many species have gone extinct while waiting for action.” The hellbender – so named, it is said, by early American settlers who described it as “a creature from hell where it’s bent on returning” – is the largest salamander in North America. Its lineage goes back 65 million years, to the time of the dinosaurs. It survived the cataclysm that killed the dinosaurs and the Ice Age, and now, because of human beings, it is in danger of extinction in the Information Age. ....
Lawsuit Filed to Overturn Denial of Endangered Species Protection to Eastern Hellbenders biologicaldiversity.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from biologicaldiversity.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Conservationists sue for endangered status for the hellbender ellwoodcityledger.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ellwoodcityledger.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.