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USFWS Salamander Petition – Lacey Act

Author:
Kerry Kriger

Published
May 16, 2015

On May 14th 2015, SAVE THE FROGS! along with the Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the US Fish & Wildlife Service for an emergency moratorium on the importation of salamanders into the USA unless they are certified free of the deadly chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium salamandivorans.

– Read the New York Times article about the petition here
– Read the Center for Biological Diversity press release here.
– Read SAVE THE FROGS! Founder Dr. Kerry Kriger’s Official Comments On The Petition Here.

Read & Download Our 2015 Petition To The USFWS Here

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Plethodon cinereus red-backed-salamanders daniel hocking — Plethodon cinereus photo courtesy Daniel Hocking

Read Dr. Kriger’s 2010 Letter To The USFWS Here

In the letter, Dr. Kriger urges the USFWS to ban the importation of all amphibians into the USA unless certified free of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.

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Aneides lugubris - Arboreal Salamander - Kerry Kriger - California — *SAVE THE FROGS! Founder Dr. Kerry Kriger with an Arboreal Salamander (Aneides lugubris) in California, November 2010.*

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