A healthy population of red-legged frogs is hopping in Yosemite National Park, helped by a reintroduction program with the San Francisco Zoo. The zoo on Monday released the last of more than 1,000 red-legged frogs into the park as part of a four-year effort to reintroduce the once-threatened species
1 / 2Yosemite FrogsFILE - This May 3, 2019, file photo, provided by the National Park Service shows a close-up image of a red-legged frog released in Cook's Meadow in Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, Calif. A healthy population of red-legged frogs is hopping in Yosemite National Park thanks to a reintroduction program with the San Francisco Zoo. The San Francisco Examiner reports that the zoo on Monday, Aug.
At 2 to 5 inches long , red-legged frogs are the largest native frogs in the West and once were found throughout California. The frog's population began declining 50 years ago after the introduction of predatory, non-native bullfrogs, exacerbated by increasing water drainage and raccoons.
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