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Alaska has two species of frogs. They are the Columbia spotted frog and wood frog. Alaska also is inhabited by two introduced frog species, the Pacific tree frog (also referenced as the Pacific chorus frog), and the red-legged frog. [1] The only species of toad in Alaska is the western toad. [30]
The Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge (often shortened to Alaska Maritime or AMNWR) is a United States National Wildlife Refuge comprising 2,400 islands, headlands, rocks, islets, spires and reefs in Alaska, with a total area of 4.9 million acres (20,000 km 2), of which 2.64 million acres (10,700 km 2) is wilderness.
The little brown bat is the most common and widespread bat in Alaska. [7] As with other myotis species in Alaska, little brown bats often roost in abandoned buildings and old mines; they may also be found roosting alone in trees or rock crevices. [7] Little brown bats have been observed hibernating in Southeast Alaska and Kodiak Island. [7]
Myoxocephalus jaok is found in the northern Pacific Ocean from the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk through the Kuril Islands to southeastern Kamchatka and the western Bering Sea, including the eastern Aleutian Islands and from the Gulf of Alaska, north onto the eastern Chukchi Sea and the western [[Beaufort Sea]]. [5]
The Alaska SeaLife Center is a public aquarium and Alaska's only permanent marine mammal rehabilitation facility. It is located on the shores of Resurrection Bay in Seward.It opened in May 1998, and is dedicated to understanding and maintaining the integrity of the marine ecosystem of Alaska through research, rehabilitation, conservation, and public education.
Alaska is the northwestern most part of North America. Reptiles and amphibians are not common in Alaska due to them being cold-blooded. Alaska has four reptile species and eight amphibian species. Two of these species are introduced. There are no snakes or lizards in Alaska. [1]
In March 2008 the US government agreed to study Alaska's ribbon seal population and considered adding it to the endangered species list. However, in December 2008, the US government decided that sea ice critical to the seals' survival will not be endangered by global warming , and declined to list the species.
Alaska pollock is the world's second most important fish species, after the Peruvian anchoveta, in terms of total catch. [33] Alaska pollock landings are the largest of any single fish species in the U.S, with the average annual Eastern Bering Sea catch between 1979 and 2022 being 1.26 million metric tons. [34]