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PORT CLINTON NEWS HERALD (Ohio) 12 December 07 Senate votes to make spotted salamander Ohio’s official amphibian
Columbus (AP): The bullfrog’s chances of being named the official state amphibian may have croaked with an Ohio Senate vote to designate the spotted salamander instead.
A bill approved by the Senate Tuesday now moves to the Ohio House, which last year gave its blessing to the bullfrog in a measure that later died in the Senate.
Students from West Geauga Middle School in northeast Ohio have championed the spotted salamander. They organized a campaign that produced thousands of postcards, said Sen. Timothy J. Grendell of Chesterland in suburban Cleveland.
The Republican called the spotted salamander more peaceful than the bullfrog, known to eat other members of its own species.
Another salamander supporter, Republican Sen. Gary Cates of West Chester outside Cincinnati, noted that the West Geauga students plan to switch their school mascot to the spotted salamander, from the wolverine, also used by the University of Michigan.
“I think everyone can agree with me that one less wolverine in Ohio is a good thing,” Cates said.
http://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071212/UPDATES01/71212012/1002/
Columbus (AP): The bullfrog’s chances of being named the official state amphibian may have croaked with an Ohio Senate vote to designate the spotted salamander instead.
A bill approved by the Senate Tuesday now moves to the Ohio House, which last year gave its blessing to the bullfrog in a measure that later died in the Senate.
Students from West Geauga Middle School in northeast Ohio have championed the spotted salamander. They organized a campaign that produced thousands of postcards, said Sen. Timothy J. Grendell of Chesterland in suburban Cleveland.
The Republican called the spotted salamander more peaceful than the bullfrog, known to eat other members of its own species.
Another salamander supporter, Republican Sen. Gary Cates of West Chester outside Cincinnati, noted that the West Geauga students plan to switch their school mascot to the spotted salamander, from the wolverine, also used by the University of Michigan.
“I think everyone can agree with me that one less wolverine in Ohio is a good thing,” Cates said.
http://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071212/UPDATES01/71212012/1002/