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The Ensatina salamander (<em>Ensatina eschscholtzii</em>), a lungless salamander common along the west coast of the US, is one of hundreds of species of salamanders endemic to North America threatened by an emerging infectious pathogen.

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[Credit: Tiffany Yap]

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