The Center for Biological Diversity has praised a federal district court's approval of a settlement Monday requiring the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to prepare within two years “biological opinions” under the Endangered Species Act to analyze pesticide use in and near the California red-legged frog’s aquatic and upland habitats.

Today’s court order gives the Fish and Wildlife Service two years to complete biological opinions for seven pesticides: glyphosate, malathion, simazine, pendimethalin, permethrin, methomyl and myclobutanil, the center noted.

“We’re hopeful the analysis required by this agreement will stop the use of harmful pesticide in the red-legged frog’s most vulnerable habitats and open the door to its recovery,” said Justin Augustine, an attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity. “It’s long overdue.”

The California red-legged frog, made famous in a Mark Twain short story called “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," was listed under the Endangered Species Act in 1996.

• U.S. Geological Survey — California Red-Legged Frog Movement and Habitat Use