North America's Salamanders at Risk of Epidemic from Overseas (3 of 3) (IMAGE)

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North America's Salamanders at Risk of Epidemic from Overseas (3 of 3)

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The red-bellied newt (Taricha rivularis), common along the coast in northern California, migrates from upland areas to breed in streams in the spring. It is one of hundreds of species of salamanders endemic to North America threatened by an emerging infectious pathogen. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the July 31, 2015 issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by T.A. Yap at University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, CA, and colleagues was titled, "Averting a North American biodiversity crisis."

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[Credit: Emanuele Biggi, anura.it]

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