L.A. Zoo Releases Hundreds of Endangered Frogs Into San Gabriel Mountains – Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

L.A. Zoo releases hundreds of endangered frogs into San Gabriel Mountains – Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Zoo has released 450 tadpoles and 193 sub-adult southern mountain yellow-legged frogs into the streams of the San Gabriel Mountains in an effort to restore the species where they were once abundant. With the exception of about 38 frogs, zoo representatives alongside other conservationists released the amphibians that were bred and raised as part of a long-running conservation program into remote parts of the mountai…

Close to 650 Rare Amphibians Released Near Los Angeles

The L.A. Zoo bred, raised, and released the southern mountain yellow-legged frogs and tadpoles into their native ecosystemCourtesy of L.A. Zoo A southern mountain yellow-legged frogNEED TO KNOWMore than 600 rare tadpoles and frogs have been released into the mountains north of Los AngelesThe L.A. Zoo bred and raised the southern mountain yellow-legged frog species before their release as part of a program to save the species from extinctionThe z…