Selected Species From 2006 ''Red List''

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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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