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33. . 1995b. Sea of trouble in the Galapagos. 188(2):unnumbcrcd 



With the growing population of human immigrants to the Galapagos Islands many endemics are in 

 trouble. Dozens of the Galapagos giant tortoises were recently poached. 



34. . 1995. Is new found frog already croaking? 188(6):unnumbered 



The Ramsey Canyon Leopard Frog, Rana subaquavocalis, may be declining due to the possible loss 

 of the algae that it eats. 



35. . 1996. New hope for New Zealand's rare reptile. 189(6):unnumbered 



Sphenodon guntheri is only found on North Brother Island. Its eggs were collected and incubated in 

 a lab and some were released on an island on which rats were eradicated. 



36. . 1996. Jurassic frog hops into the record book. 190(2):unnumbered 



Article highlights the oldest frog species yet known, Prosalirus bitis, from 190 million years ago 

 during the Jurassic. 



37. . 1997a. Sea turtles swim "home" to Texas. 191(4):unnumbered 



Two Kemp's Ridleys came ashore at Padre Island National Seashore in Texas from headstarted turtles 

 released over the course of a decade, specifically from 1983 and 1986 releases. 



38. 1997b. What's deforming our frogs. 191(4):unnumbered 



A photo of a deformed frog is shown. Why? 



39. 1997. Tiny frog with a sizeable name. 191(5):unnumbered 



A photo of the new species Eleiitherodactylus iberia is shown on a nickle-size 10 centavo Cuban coin 

 and is stated to be the smallest frog in the Northern Hemisphere. 



40. . 1997a. At home in the rocks, a new gecko emerges. 191(6):unnumbered 



A photo of a new gecko, Phyllodactyliis gemmulus, is given along with its habitat location and its 

 living in rocks. 



41. . 1997b. Breeding tortoises helps offset devastating theft in Madagascar. 



191(6);unnumbered 



Endangered Plowshare Tortoises were stolen from a breeding station which lost nearly half its 

 tortoise stock. Some were later offered in the pet trade in the Czech Republic. 



42. 1997. Little frogs get tender loving care in Jamaica. 192(l):unnumbered. 



A photo of an Eleutherodactylus cundalli showing froglets being carried on the back of females after 

 guarding the eggs until they hatch in a rocky crack in a cave. 



43. . 1997a. One sssstrike and you're out. 192(2):unnumbered 



A photo of a King Cobra devouring a Rat Snake. 



44. . 1997b. A mammoth grave yard emerges in Mexico. 192(2):unnumbered. 



1 1,300 years ago 20 miles northeast of todays Mexico City something happened that wiped out a 

 number of mammoth and bones of horses, camelids, deer, birds, fish and turtles also found. 



