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Olympic National Park
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1260:"Northern Two-lined Salamander, Eurycea bislineata"
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79:Endangered Species Act of the State of Michigan
1700:List of amphibians of Shenandoah National Park
1128:. US Fish and Wildlife Service. Archived from
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251:Considered a threatened species in Michigan.
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1690:List of amphibians of the Indiana Dunes
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1337:List of amphibians of the United States
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959:Amphibians and Reptiles portal
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1105:"Michigan's Special Animals"
139:and the eastern and western
27:Twenty-six amphibian species
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409:Rana clamitans melanota
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633:Small-mouth salamander
312:Northern spring peeper
91:Endangered Species Act
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825:Red-backed salamander
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462:Northern leopard frog
360:Pseudacris triseriata
263:Cope's gray tree frog
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850:Western lesser siren
753:Four-toed salamander
708:Has been noted near
481:Rana septentrionalis
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1029:Specific references
710:Ann Arbor, Michigan
678:Ambystoma tremblayi
579:Ambystoma maculatum
414:Northern green frog
366:Western chorus frog
331:Pseudacris maculata
306:Pseudacris crucifer
126:chemical pesticides
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992:General references
820:Plethodon cinereus
772:Necturus maculosus
719:Eurycea bislineata
653:Ambystoma tigrinum
608:Marbled salamander
584:Spotted salamander
555:Ambystoma laterale
336:Boreal chorus frog
190:. Sandy soils and
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67:marbled salamander
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