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Toad in geothermal power fight gets endangered status

A Dixie Valley toad near the site of a power plant site in Nevada. [AP photo]

A tiny Nevada toad at the centre of a legal battle over a geothermal power project has officially been declared an endangered species, after US wildlife officials temporarily listed it on a rarely used emergency basis.

"This ruling makes final the listing of the Dixie Valley toad, " the US Fish and Wildlife Service said in a formal rule published on Friday in the Federal Register.

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