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A Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) at the San Antonio Zoo. (IUCN: Near Threatened)

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A Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) at the San Antonio Zoo. (IUCN: Near Threatened)

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A Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) at the San Antonio Zoo. (IUCN: Near Threatened)

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A Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) at the San Antonio Zoo. (IUCN: Near Threatened)

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A male common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) at the San Antonio Zoo.

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A marsupial frog (Gastrotheca pseustes) at a captive breeding at Pontificia Universidad Catolica in Quito, Ecuador. (IUCN: EN)

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Atelopus nanay at a captive breeding at Pontificia Universidad Catolica in Quito, Ecuador. This animal is critically endangered and very well could be extinct in the wild. Only seven animals are in captivity. (IUCN: CR)

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A male eastern bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci) at the Great Plains Zoo.

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A male eastern bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci) at the Great Plains Zoo.

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A wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) at the Great Plains Zoo.

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The federally endangered Wyoming toad (Anaxyrus (Bufo) baxterii) at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo near Colorado Springs, CO. Considered extinct in the wild.

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The federally endangered Wyoming toad (Anaxyrus (Bufo) baxterii) at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo near Colorado Springs, CO. Considered extinct in the wild.

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The federally endangered Wyoming toad (Anaxyrus (Bufo) baxterii) at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo near Colorado Springs, CO. Considered extinct in the wild.

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