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California lawmakers leaped on the chance to help save an endangered frog by designating it the state's official amphibian. The California red-legged frog, made famous in Mark Twain's "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," is one hop away from extinction. Pollution, disease, a shrinking habitat and predators--including humans, who consumed a reported 80,000 of the critters yearly during the Gold Rush--have taken a huge toll. Students at Sea View Elementary in Salton City contacted Assemblyman...