Eastern Hellbender - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
2019年4月4日 · In 2021, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed eastern hellbender populations in Missouri, referred to as a Distinct Population Segment, as endangered. Though the species’ current range is largely the same as its historical range, abundance, or the number of individuals, in each of these rivers had dropped more than 70% since the 1970s.
U.S. Giant Salamanders Slipping Away: Inside the Fight to Save …
2013年12月22日 · The U.S. government currently considers the eastern hellbender a species of concern, while the Ozark subspecies was federally listed as endangered in 2011. The International Union for...
Hellbender | Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
In the U.S., several states give the hellbender some level of protection. Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Maryland list it as endangered, Alabama lists it as threatened, and New York lists it as a species of special concern. Hellbender populations are declining due to pollution and the damming of streams and rivers.
Hellbender - Wikipedia
The Ozark hellbender has been listed as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act by the US Fish and Wildlife Service since October 5, 2011. This hellbender subspecies inhabits the White River and Spring River systems in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas, and its population has declined an estimated 75% since the 1980s, with ...
Eastern Hellbender | Natural Resources Conservation Service
Like many other amphibians, these fully-aquatic salamanders are vulnerable to environmental disturbance that impacts breeding. The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is working to address recovery of the hellbender in …
Hellbender - National Wildlife Federation
Hellbender populations have declined throughout most of the species’ historic range. The Ozark hellbender is federally endangered, and the conservation status of the eastern subspecies is currently being evaluated by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
Raisin' Hellbenders: How Scientists Are Saving North America's …
2023年2月15日 · Once commonly found in the eastern United States, these salamanders—which are the largest in North America—are now struggling to survive. Yet, unlike their relatives, the Ozark hellbenders ...
Meet North America's largest salamander, the hellbender - Popular Science
2022年10月30日 · Still, the eastern hellbender is listed as threatened or endangered in several states, although it has not made it onto the federal endangered species list like the Ozark subspecies. But even...
Eastern Hellbender Conservation | Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center …
2024年1月30日 · Improving the odds of survival for North America's only giant salamander species — the eastern hellbender. Eastern hellbenders are one of only three species of giant salamanders in the world, and the only one found in North America.
Hellbenders: Fantastic beasts | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Paddlers enjoying a canoe trip down a Missouri stream may float right over one of the continent’s largest and most imperiled salamanders. The Ozark hellbender, a federally endangered species, is a fascinating, little-known amphibian struggling to survive in a changing world.