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The current Conserve Wild Resources plate has a small depiction of an Eastern Hellbender, which is Pennsylvania’s state amphibian, on it.
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The Eastern hellbender, a slimy, mud-colored creature that ranks as Indiana’s and the nation's largest salamander, may be listed federally as an endangered species. Nicknamed the “snot otter ...
The eastern hellbender, a giant salamander also known as a snot otter, evolved on the supercontinent Pangaea and outlived the dinosaurs.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently proposed listing the eastern hellbender as endangered because of declines in the salamander’s populations.
Officials announced a proposal to list the eastern hellbender as an endangered species as populations in U.S. plummet.
‘So grotesque they’re beautiful’: Eastern hellbender may get federal protections The species has existed for millions of years, but the salamanders are threatened by poor water quality and populations ...
— The Eastern Hellbender, a large and slimy salamander lives, in places with clean fresh water. Because of pollution-related concerns, experts said the species has been hard to find.