Selected Species From 2006 ''Red List''

See photos of species threatened with extinction according to the 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
See photos of species threatened with extinction according to the 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
See photos of species threatened with extinction according to the 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
See photos of species threatened with extinction according to the 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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Amphibian populations in Central and South America have been declining rapidly, a trend that many experts link to environmental factors. The blue poison frog of Suriname, which grows up to one and three quarters of an inch (four and a half centimeters) long, is given "vulnerable" status on the 2006 IUCN Red List.

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