Eastern Hellbender Voted Pennsylvania’s Official Amphibian

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Pennsylvania is getting an official amphibian, a nocturnal salamander who can grow to be more than two feet long.
The House voted 191 to 6 on Tuesday to grant the honor to the Eastern hellbender.
Gov. Tom Wolf’s office says he plans to sign it.
In this March 23, 2012, file photo, Ned S. Gilmore, collections manager of vertebrate zoology, shows a hellbender salamander in the collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Phil