Reference List

This list includes references used to derive specimen records as well as those with scientific name Lithobates catesbeianus listed in key words.

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14769 Journal Article Adams, M.J. 2000. Pond Permanence and the Effects of Exotic Vertebrates on Anurans. Ecological Applications 10(2):559-568.
12117 Other Cut-and-paste reference not available due to unhandled reference type. Please contact support to request the addition of the 'Other' type.
18636 Journal Article Ballinger, R.E., J.W. Meeker, and M. Thies. 2000. A Checklist and Distribution Maps of the Amphibians and Reptiles of South Dakota. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 26:29-46.
12120 Journal Article Banta, B.H., and D. Morafka. 1966. An annotated check list of the recent amphibians and reptiles inhabiting the city and county of San Francisco, California. The Wasmann Journal of Biology 24(2):223-233.
30991 Journal Article Bissattini, A. M., and L. Vignoli. 2017. Let's eat out, there's crayfish for dinner: American bullfrog niche shifts inside and outside native ranges and the effect of introduced crayfish. Biological Invasions 19(9):2633-2646. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-017-1473-6.
12111 Other Cut-and-paste reference not available due to unhandled reference type. Please contact support to request the addition of the 'Other' type.
35712 Journal Article Borzée, A., T.A. Kosch, K. Miyeon, and J. Yikweon. 2017. Introduced bullfrogs are associated with increased Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis prevalence and reduced occurrence of Korean treefrogs. PLoS ONE 12(12):e0190551. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0177860.
27291 Journal Article Both, C., and A.S. Melo. 2015. Diversity of anuran communities facing bullfrog invasion in Atlantic Forest ponds. Biological Invasions 17:1137-1147. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10530-014-0783-1.
951 Journal Article Bradley, W.G., and J.E. Deacon. 1967. The biotic communities of southern Nevada. Nevada State Museum Anthropological Papers 13(4):201-273.
33669 Journal Article Brown, M.E., and S.C. Walls. 2013. Variation in salinity tolerance among larval Anurans: implications for community composition and the spread of an invasive, non-native species. The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists 3:543-551.
35714 Journal Article Brunner, J.L., A.D. Olson, J.G. Rice, S.E. Meiners, M.J. Le Sage, J.A. Cundiff, C.S. Goldberg, and A.P. Pessier. 2019. Ranavirus infection dynamics and shedding in American bullfrogs: consequences for spread and detection in trade. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 135(2):135-150. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03387.
18379 Journal Article Bunnell, J.F., and R.A. Zampella. 2008. Native Fish and Anuran Assemblages Differ between Impoundments with and without Non-native Centrarchids and Bullfrogs. Copeia 4(4):931-939.
12176 Other Cut-and-paste reference not available due to unhandled reference type. Please contact support to request the addition of the 'Other' type.
20826 Database California Academy of Sciences. 2011. California Academy of Sciences - Ichthyology Collection Database. California Academy of Sciences. http://research.calacademy.org/ichthyology/collections.
27296 Report California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Fisheries Branch. 2014. Implications of importing American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus = Rana catesbeiana) into California. California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
704 Book Cardoza, J.E., G.S. Jones, T.W. French, and D.B. Halliwell. 1993. Exotic and translocated vertebrates of Massachusetts. Fauna of Massachusetts Series No. 6. 2nd edition. Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, Westborough, MA.
32196 Web Page Caribherp. 2000. Amphibians and Reptiles of the Puerto Rican Bank. http://carib.bio.psu.edu/caribherp/lists/PR-LIST.htm. Accessed on 04/05/2000.
13519 Journal Article Carpenter, N.M., M.L. Casazza, and G.D. Wylie. 2002. Rana Catesbeiana (Bullfrog) Diet. Herpetological Review 33(2):130.
24369 Database Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health. 2019. EDDMapS: Early detection and distribution mapping system. The University of Georgia, Tifton, GA. https://www.eddmaps.org/tools/query/. Accessed on 01/27/2019.
12067 Journal Article Chiszar, D., D. Theodoratus, and H.M. Smith. 1995. Geographic distribution. Rana catesbeiana. Herpetological Review 26(4):208.
14751 Journal Article Christiansen, J.L. 2001. Non-native Amphibians and Reptiles in Iowa. Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science 108(4):210-211.
29011 News Clarke, C. 2015. 3 invasive animals that have permanently changed the Delta. KCET.org. Burbank, CA. 2015 (6 July). https://www.kcet.org/redefine/3-invasive-animals-that-have-permanently-changed-the-delta. Created on 07/06/2015. Accessed on 09/15/2016.
12162 Book Chapter Cobb, J.N. 1902. Commercial fisheries of the Hawaiian Islands. Pages 381-499 in Report of the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries for the year ending June 30, 1901. US Government Printing Office. Washington, DC.
31530 Thesis or Dissertation Cooper, M. 2017. Movement, habitat, and home range of introduced bullfrogs (Lithobates Catesbeianus) on Mad River gravel ponds (Humboldt Co., Ca, USA), with implications for hydro-modification as a method of management. Unpublished M.S. thesis. Humboldt State University, Humboldt, CA.
13518 Journal Article Cross, C.L., and S.L. Gerstenberger. 2002. Rana Catesbeiana (American Bullfrog) Diet. Herpetological Review 33(2):129.
35715 Journal Article Daszak, P., A. Strieby, A.A Cunningham, J.E. Longcore, C.C. Brown, and D. Porter. 2004. Experimental evidence that the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) is a potential carrier of chytridiomycosis, an emerging fungal disease of amphibians. Herpetological Journal 14:201-208. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andrew-Cunningham-5/publication/279901735_Experimental_evidence_that_the_bullfrog_Rana_catesbeiana_is_a_potential_carrier_of_chytridiomycosis_an_emerging_fungal_disease_of_amphibians/links/58226aae08aeebc4f89170aa/Expe.
21031 Other Cut-and-paste reference not available due to unhandled reference type. Please contact support to request the addition of the 'Other' type.
12109 Other Cut-and-paste reference not available due to unhandled reference type. Please contact support to request the addition of the 'Other' type.
35697 Journal Article Dumas, P.C. 1966. Studies of the Rana species complex in the Pacific northwest. Copeia 1966(1):60-74. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1440762.
33970 Journal Article Everard, M., A.C. Pinder, R. Raghavan, and G. Kataria. 2019. Are well‐intended Buddhist practices an under‐appreciated threat to global aquatic biodiversity? Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 29:136-141. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/aqc.2997.
12087 Journal Article Fleharty, E.D. 1967. Comparative ecology of Thamnophis elegans, T. cyrtopsis, and T. rufipunctatus in New Mexico. The Southwestern Naturalist 12(3):207-229.
18221 Other Cut-and-paste reference not available due to unhandled reference type. Please contact support to request the addition of the 'Other' type.
19676 Journal Article Fuller, T.E., K.L. Pope, D.T. Ashton, and H.H. Welsh, Jr. 2011. Linking the distribution of an invasive amphibian (Rana catesbeiana) to habitat conditions in a managed river system in northern California. Restoration Ecology 19:204-213. http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/pope/psw_2010_pope%28fuller%29002.pdf.
26212 Database GBIF. 2013. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Database. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. http://www.gbif.org/. Accessed on 05/01/2013.
17882 Journal Article Giovanelli, J.G.R., C.F.B. Haddad, and J. Alexandrino. 2008. Predicting the potential distribution of the alien invasive American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) in Brazil. Biological Invasions 10:585-590.
31165 Journal Article Harper, D.D., and A.M. Farag. 2017. The thermal regime and species composition of fish and invertebrates in Kelly Warm Spring, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. Western North American Naturalist 77(4):440-449. http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.3398/064.077.0405.
12069 Journal Article Hayes, M., and F. Cliff. 1982. A checklist of the herpetofauna of Butte county, the Butte sink and Sutter Buttes, California. Herpetological Review 13(3):85-87.
12156 Journal Article Hayes, M.P., and F.C. Schaffner. 1986. Life history notes: Rana catesbeiana predation. Herpetological Review 17(3):60-61.
13523 Journal Article Hayes, M.P., and M.R. Jennings. 1986. Decline of ranid frog species in western North America: are bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana) responsible? Journal of Herpetology 20(4):490-509.
12178 Journal Article Heard, M. 1904. A California frog ranch. Out West 21:20-27.
14916 Journal Article Hecnar, S.J., and R.T. M'Closkey. 2002. Changes in the composition of a Ranid Frog Community Following Bullfrog Extinction. American Midland Naturalist 137(1):145-150. http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0003-0031%28199701%29137%3A1%3C145%3ACITCOA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-D.
29903 Journal Article Hossack, B.R., R. Honeycutt, B.H. Sigafus, E.L. Muths, C.L. Crawford, T.R. Jones, J.A. Sorensen, J.C. Rorabaugh, and T. Chambert. 2017. Informing recovery in a human-transformed landscape: Drought-mediated coexistence alters population trends of an imperiled salamander and invasive predators. Biological Conservation 209(10.1016/j.biocon.2017.03.004).
12102 Report Hubbard, J.P., and C.G. Schmitt. 1977. A preliminary study of the bullfrog in southwestern New Mexico.
24851 Database iMapInvasives. 2016. Oregon iMapInvasives. Oregon Biodiversity Information Center, Portland, OR. https://sites.google.com/site/orimapresources/. Accessed on 04/09/2015.
35695 Journal Article Jameson, D.L. 1956. Growth, dispersal and survival of the Pacific tree frog. Copeia 1:25-29. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1439240.
12155 Journal Article Jennings, M.R. 1987. Life history notes: Rana catesbeiana feeding. Herpetological Review 18(2):33.
12163 Journal Article Jennings, M.R., and M.P. Hayes. 1985. Pre-1900 overharvest of California red-legged frogs (Rana aurora draytonii): the inducement for bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) introduction. Herpetologica 41(1):94-103.
20819 Other Cut-and-paste reference not available due to unhandled reference type. Please contact support to request the addition of the 'Other' type.
19801 Journal Article Johnson, P.T.J., V.J. McKenzie, A.C. Peterson, J.L. Kerby, J. Brown, A.R. Blaustein, and T. Jackson. 2011. Regional decline of an iconic amphibian associated with elevation, land-use change, and invasive species. Conservation Biology 25(3):556-566. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01645.x/pdf.
12164 Book Chapter Jordan, D.S., and B.W. Evermann. 1902. Preliminary report on an investigation of the fishes and fisheries of the Hawaiian Islands. Pages 353-380 in Report of the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries for the year ending June 30, 1901. US Government Printing Office. Washington, DC.
12151 Journal Article Kiesecker, J.M., and A.R. Blaustein. 1997. Population differences in responses of red-legged frogs (Rana aurora) to introduced bullfrogs. Ecology 78(6):1752-1760. http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0012-9658%28199709%2978%3A6%3C1752%3APDIROR%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B.
13520 Journal Article King, K.A., J.C. Rorabaugh, and J.A. Humphrey. 2002. Rana Catesbeiana (Bullfrog) diet. Herpetological Review 33(2):130.
13527 Book Koch, E.D., and C.R. Peterson. 1995. Amphibians and Reptiles of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City.
27297 Book Kraus, F. 2009. Alien reptiles and amphibians: A scientific compendium and analysis. Springer.
19203 Journal Article Kupferberg, S.J. 1994. Exotic larval bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) as prey for native garter snakes: functional and conservation implications. Herpetological Review 25:95-97.
12150 Journal Article Kupferberg, S.J. 1997. Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) invasion of a California river: the role of larval competition. Ecology 78(6):1736-1751.
405 Book Lampman, B.H. 1946. The coming of the pond fishes. Binfords & Mort, Portland, OR.
14756 Journal Article Lannoo, M.J., K. Lang, T. Waltz, and G.S. Phillips. 1994. An altered amphibian assesmblage: Dickinson County, Iowa, 70 years after Frank Blanchard's survey. American Midland Naturalist 131(2):311-319. http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0003-0031%28199404%29131%3A2%3C311%3AAAAADC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B.
12024 Book Lazell, J.D. Jr. 1976. This Broken Archipelago: Cape Cod and the Islands, Amphibians and Reptiles. Quadrangle / The New York Times Book Co, New York.
15976 Book Lemm, Jeffrey M. 2006. Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of the San Diego Region. University of California Press.
35702 Journal Article Licht, L. E. 1967. Growth inhibition in crowded tadpoles: intraspecific and interspecific effects. Ecology 48:736-745. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1933731.
18906 Journal Article Lindsdale, J.M. 1940. Amphibians and Reptiles in Nevada. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 73(8):197-257.
20840 Database Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. 2011. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History - Ichthyology Collection. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. http://www.fishnet2.net/.
16605 Journal Article Maret, T.J. , J.D. Snyder, and J.P. Collins. 2006. Altered drying regime controls distribution of endangered salamanders and introduced predators. Biological Conservation 127(2):129-138.
27547 News McKenzie, S. 2014. Massive bullfrog caught in small Alberni-area pond. Alberni Valley Times. http://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/massive-bullfrog-caught-in-small-alberni-area-pond-1.1127181. Created on 06/12/2014. Accessed on 06/16/2015.
12105 Book McKeown, S. 1996. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians in the Hawaiian Islands. Diamond Head Publishing, Inc, Los Osos, CA.
24069 Web Page Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. 2006. Minnesota Frog & Toad Calling Survey. http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/volunteering/frogtoad_survey/mftcs_results2006.pdf.
27189 Book Moriarty, JJ., and C.D. Hall. 2014. Amphibians and reptiles in Minnesota. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, MN.
35698 Journal Article Moyle, P. B. 1973. Effects of introduced bullfrogs, Rana catesbeiana, on the native frogs of the San Joaquin Valley, California. Copeia 1973(1):18-22. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1442351.
27440 Journal Article Mueller, G.A., J. Carpenter, and D. Thornbrugh. 2006. Bullfrog tadpole (Rana catesbeiana) and red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) predation on early life stages of endangered razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus). The Southwestern Naturalist 51(2):258-261.
12061 Journal Article Neck, R.W. 1980. Geographic distribution. Rana catesbeiana. Herpetological Review 11(2):38.
12089 Other Cut-and-paste reference not available due to unhandled reference type. Please contact support to request the addition of the 'Other' type.
16600 Journal Article Pearl, C.A. , M.P. Hayes, R. Haycock, J.D. Engler, and J. Bowerman. 2005. Observations of Interspecific Amplexus Between Western North American Ranid Frogs and the Introduced American Bullfoog (Rana catesbeiana) and an Hypothesis Concerning Breeding Interference. American Midland Naturalist 154(1):126-134.
24727 Journal Article Preston, D.L., J.S. Henderson, and P.T.J. Johnson. 2012. Community ecology of invasions: direct and indirect effects of multiple invasive species on aquatic communities. Ecology 93(6):1254-1261. http://www.esajournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1890/11-1821.1.
26614 Journal Article Rose, J.P., O.J. Miano, and B.D. Todd. 2013. Trapping efficiency, demography, and density of an introduced population of northern watersnakes, Nerodia sipedon, in California. Journal of Herpetology 47(3):421-427.
35703 Journal Article Rose, S. M. 1960. A feedback mechanism of growth control in tadpoles. Ecology 41: 188-199. Ecology 41:188-189. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1931953.
12116 Conference Proceedings Rosen, P.C., C.R. Schwalbe, D.A. Parizek, Jr., P.A. Holm, and C.H. Lowe. 1995. Introduced aquatic vertebrates in the Chiricahua region: effects on declining native ranid frogs. Pages 251-261 in DeBano, L.H., P.H. Folliott, A. Ortega-Rubio, G.J. Gottfried, R.H. Hamre, and C.B. Edminster, eds. Biodiversity and management of the Madrean Archipelago: the sky islands of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. Fort Collins, CO.
25983 Database Royal Ontario Museum. 2013. Royal Ontario Museum herpetology collection. Accessed through GBIF data portal, http://www.gbif.org/dataset/cd875b5a-b3fe-48f2-94c7-371cab1431f3. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario. http://www.gbif.org/dataset/cd875b5a-b3fe-48f2-94c7-371cab1431f3. Created on 03/10/2014. Accessed on 12/19/2014.
12066 Journal Article Rybak, J.A., H.M. Smith, and D. Chiszar. 1995. Geographic distribution. Rana catesbeiana. Herpetological Review 26(4):208.
31679 Journal Article Schalk, C.M., C.G. Montan˜a, K. Kralman, D.J. Leavitt. 2018. Functional distance and establishment of non-native species with complex life cycles. Biological Invasions 20:1945-1952. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs10530-018-1678-3.pdf.
17280 Report Schmidt, C.A., C.A. Drost, and W.L. Halvorson. 2006. Vascular Plant and Vertebrate Inventory of Montezuma Castle National Monument. U S Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Sonoran Desert Research Station, University of Arizona.
12145 Report Schwalbe, C.R., and P.C. Rosen. 1988. Preliminary report on effects of bullfrogs on wetland herptofauna in southeastern Arizona. In: R.C. Szaro, K.E. Severson, and D.R. Patton (editors), Management of Amphibians, Reptiles, and Small Mammals in North America. USDA Forest Service, General Technical Report RM-166, Fort Collins, CO.
27060 Journal Article Sepulveda, A.J., M. Layhee, D. Stagliano, J. Chaffin, A. Begley, and B. Maxwell. 2015. Invasion of American bullfrogs along the Yellowstone River. Aquatic Invasions 10(1):69-77. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2015.10.1.07.
20915 Database Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History. 2011. National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Ichthyology Collection. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. http://collections.mnh.si.edu/search/fishes/. Accessed on 03/26/2013.
770 Book Soltz, D.L., and R.J. Naiman. 1978. The natural history of native fishes in the Death Valley system. Science Series 30. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA.
19201 Journal Article Sparks, D.W., A.G. Burr, M.N. Bass, and G.A. Liggett. 1999. New county distribution records of amphibians and reptiles from southwestern Kansas. Herpetological Review 30(2):120-121.
702 Book Stebbins, R.C. 1966. A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA.
12093 Journal Article Storer, T.I. 1922. The eastern bullfrog in California. California Fish and Game 8:219-224.
12072 Journal Article Storer, T.I. 1925. A Synopsis of the amphibia of California. University of California Publications in Zoology 27:276-282.
12177 Journal Article Storer, T.I. 1933. Frogs and their commercial uses. California Fish and Game 19(3):203-213.
12068 Journal Article Stuart, J.N., and C.W. Painter. 1993. Rana catesbeiana (bullfrog). Cannibalism. Herpetological Review 24(3):103.
12115 Other Cut-and-paste reference not available due to unhandled reference type. Please contact support to request the addition of the 'Other' type.
17275 Report Sytsma, M.D., J.R. Cordell, J.W. Chapman, and R.C. Draheim. 2004. Lower Columbia River Aquatic Nonindigenous Species Survey 2001-2004. Final Technical Report. United States Coast Guard and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/centerforlakes_pub/23.
16728 Report Sytsma, M.D., J.R. Cordell, J.W. Chapman, and R.C. Draheim. 2004. Lower Columbia River Aquatic Nonindigenous Species Survey 2001-2004. Final Technical Report: Appendices. United States Coast Guard and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/centerforlakes_pub/23/LCRANSFinalReportAppendices.pdf.
19775 News The Associated Press. 2011. Officials trying to get rid of nonnative bullfrogs from Yellowstone River in Billings. The Billings Gazette. 5 (14). http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/b093d0a95fdc4d838b5f0ff2d3d26e90/MT--Bullfrog-Battle/.
23820 Database The University of Kansas Natural History Museum. 2011. University of Kansas Natural History Museum Fish Collection Database. University of Kansas Natural History Museum.
35700 Report Treanor, R.R., and S.J. Nicola, S.J. 1972. A Preliminary Study of the Commercial and Sporting Utilization of the Bullfrog, Rana Catesbeiana Shaw, in California. California Department of Fish and Game.
36238 Report U.S. Department of Interior Desert Pupfish Task Force. 1971. Status of the desert pupfish. U.S. Department of Interior, Washington, D.C. https://ecos.fws.gov/ServCat/DownloadFile/56698.
14257 Web Page U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2005. National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species. http://www.nwrinvasives.com/index.asp (Last accessed 2006).
25944 Database Ueda, K., J. Belmonte, A. Shepard, P. Leary, and S. Loarie. 2019. iNaturalist.org. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA. http://www.inaturalist.org/. Accessed on 01/29/2019.
18728 Database United States Environmental Protection Agency. 2017. STORET database. http://www.epa.gov/storet. Accessed on 03/02/2017.
26580 Database University of Texas at El Paso. 2013. University of Texas at El Paso Centennial Museum vertebrate collection. Accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/14396. University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX. http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/14396. Created on 08/17/2012. Accessed on 10/17/2013.
14749 Journal Article Vitt, L.J., and R.D. Ohmart. 1978. Herpetofauna of the lower Colorado River: Davis Dam to the Mexican border. Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology 2:35-72.
15816 Book Werner, J.K., B.A. Maxell, P. Hendricks, and D.L. Flath. 2004. Amphibians and Reptiles of Montana. Mountain Press Publishing Company, Missoula, MT.
13528 Book Wright, A.H., and A.A. Wright. 1949. Handbook of Frogs and Toads of the United States and Canada. Comstock Publishing Company, Inc, Ithaca, New York.
15682 Other Cut-and-paste reference not available due to unhandled reference type. Please contact support to request the addition of the 'Other' type.
35691 Journal Article Young, B.E., K.R. Lips, J.K. Reaser, R. Ibáñez, A.W. Salas, J.R. Cedeño, L.A. Coloma, S. Ron, E. La Marca, J.R. Meyer, and A. Muñoz. 2001. Population declines and priorities for amphibian conservation in Latin America. Conservation biology, 15(5), pp.1213-1223. Conservation Biology 15(5):1213-1223.


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