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Article: The hellbender salamander -- The swagger in its name doesn't convey the problems facing this sensitive amphibian.
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- May 14, 2003
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M2 PRESSWIRE-14 May 2003-US FWS: The hellbender salamander -- The swagger in its name doesn't convey the problems facing this sensitive amphibian(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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By definition, a hellbender is both reckless and extreme, but a subspecies of the largest salamander in North America that is called the Hellbender is neither. It's just faced with a somewhat reckless, extreme - and sudden - decline in its population, and that has biologists concerned.
The Hellbender of heightened concern is the Ozark Hellbender, a subspecies found only in Arkansas and Missouri; unlike common salamanders, these grow to nearly 2 1/2 feet ...