Proposed Rule to Designate Critical Habitat for Dixie Valley Toad

Proposed Rule to Designate Critical Habitat for Dixie Valley Toad
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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Dixie Valley Toad

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, propose to designate critical habitat for the Dixie Valley toad (Anaxyrus williamsi) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. In total, approximately 930 acres (376 hectares) in Churchill County, Nevada, fall within the boundaries of the proposed critical habitat designation. If we finalize this rule as proposed, it would extend the Act’s protections to this species’ critical habitat. We also announce the availability of a draft economic analysis of the proposed designation of critical habitat for the Dixie Valley toad.

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A small spotted brown and black toad on dry grass.

The Dixie Valley toad is the smallest toad within the A. boreas species complex. This specie's dorsum has a broken cream stripe and irregularly distributed rust-colored tubercles with black margins. Its dorsal ground color contains hues of olive with small irregular black specks. The face is...

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