The Amphibian Foundation's Frog Blog

(Continued from Part 2, Costa Rica exhibit) Cruziohyla craspedopus | Fringed leaf frog on exhibit at the Atlanta Botanical Garden The Frogs of the Amazon Basin exhibit was exciting to develop. First, it would be displaying one of the most captivating species I had ever read about — Cruziohyla craspedopus | The Fringed leaf frog . We have 2 on display right now, and those are the only two of the species on exhibit — anywhere in the world! There are only 10 individuals in the country, and all of them are here in our amphibian conservation collection, either on exhibit or in our captive breeding lab. Before working at the Garden, I had only dreamed about being in the same room with a Fringed leaf frog. Very little is known about the species due to their rarity and the fact that they live high in the tree canopy in the Amazon rainforest, never needing to come to the ground for anything. If you would like to see this species in the wild ... you have got to get way up in the tr...

Today in the Blue Frogs exhibit. At the time of the picture all of the exhibit inhabitants are in view.

Marbled salamander | Ambystoma opacum

'What do frogs do in the winter?' "Was visiting yesterday and strolled past both the "Frog Baby" pond and  the lily pond.  Where do the frogs go in the winter?  Thank you."  -  Christine C. Thank you for your question! The answer to which I find particularly fascinating. Frogs do several different things to handle freezing temperatures in the winter. Those bullfrogs in the Garden ponds ... do just what they and other frogs do in the winter which is brumate . Brumation is like hibernation, only metabolically it is a much different process utilized by cold blooded animals. Leopard frogs and Green frogs are other examples of frogs that brumate. They simply burrow, dig or hide deep enough below the frost line where they won't actually be exposed to freezing (or below) temperatures. Other frogs (at least up and down the East Coast) actually posses the biological equivalent of antifreeze in their cells so freezing temperatures ar...

Hot colors blaze in Botanical Garden's ‘Orchid Daze' | accessAtlanta

We always look forward to the UGHS visit to Atlanta every year. The herp society is very active in participating in area events and sponsoring outreach and awareness activities. UGHS members getting their first look at larval Ambystoma bishopi Me talking about the natural history and conservation efforts currently in place for the Flatwoods salamander.

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