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Native Turtles Return to Yosemite After Being Overrun by Invasive Bullfrogs from the East

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In Yosemite National Park , the eradication of non-native American bullfrogs has led to the return of California ’s only native turtle species.

The northwestern pond turtle has been proposed as a threatened species according to the US Endangered Species List .

The gluttonous frog has been recorded invasively in southern Brazil , northern Colombia , Ecuador , Cuba , Japan , northern Italy , and Malaysian Borneo.