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Beautiful female Green Spiny Toad, Incilius coniferus inside the frogLAB

- June 29, 2014

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New Documentary will feature the Garden's frogPOD

- June 29, 2014

Louie Psihoyos, documentary film-maker who was awarded an Oscar (best documentary) for his film 'The Cove', is completing a new documentary on the global endangered species crisis. Louie's own personal concerns for the environment are reflected in his film topics and in the founding of the Oceanic Preservation Society. The Cove brought awareness to the continued slaughter of dolphins in Taitzi Bay, which is estimated at over 20,000 dolphin/year. His next documentary will highlight the imperiled species from around the world. The amphibian component will feature our Amphibian Conservation Program and was filmed in the frogPOD. The frogPOD houses, in isolation from other amphibians, one of the rarest assemblages of amphibians — all rescued from a chytrid fungus outbreak in Central Panama in 2005. Not the most spacious of places to film, but it worked. I will be sure to post when the movie is released. Here are some pictures from the filming. Joel Sartore, Nation Geogr...

Rabbs' Fringed-limbed Treefrog update. Today in the frogPOD

- June 28, 2014

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MAAMP Survey Photos from Lauren @ Paces Mill

- June 27, 2014

Lauren Melde, Amphibian Conservation Intern and MAAMP surveyor @ Paces Mill took these great photos of species she encountered during this month's survey. Thanks Lauren! Hyla chrysoscelis , Cope's Grey Treefrog, perched on a branch. This is a male that was heard calling during the survey. Here is the Grey Treefrog from the top ... beautiful! Southern Leopard Frog, Lithobates sphenocephala