endangered animals

The Santa Cruz long-toed salamander is a very special salamander. It has a black body and yellow spots. These salamanders live in California in the Santa Cruz County. They live in willow thickets, grasslands, chaparral, coastal oak woodland, and seascapes. They eat arthropods, isopods, beetles, centipedes, earthworms, and spiders. They were first discovered in the Valencia lagoon. By the next year after discovery, half the population had disappeared because they were being hit by cars. These unique salamanders are dieing out because of habitat destruction. Humans have been building and widening roads, which are destroying the salamanders’ habitat. People are also building farms and housing which is also destroying the Santa Cruz long-toed salamander’s habitat. They are also dieing out due to cars running over them as they try to reach spawning grounds. The Santa Cruz long-toed salamander needs a closed off areas to survive. The Ellicot Slough National Wildlife Refuge and the United State Fish and Wildlife Service are providing fenced off areas of land for the salamanders. They also are building migration tunnels under roads. So cars won’t hit them. The salamanders are going to keep dieing until they become extinct unless we keep making conservation plans for them.	Dutch
Bibliography http://www.r.l.fws.gov/sfbnwr/salamand.html http://www.orecity.k12.or.us/ochs/departments/science/species/santacruzlong-toedsalamander.html
Written by: Bejan Parivar, Jerry Cordero, Paul Beckwith	(geschreven door)