ZooBorns — Frogs & Toads

Dyeing Dart Frog Eggs Hatch at Stone Zoo

Posted by Andrew Bleiman on

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April is National Frog Month, and Stone Zoo is celebrating their first successful hatching of Dyeing Dart Frog eggs.

The eggs require special care to reach the tadpole stage. The water conditions must be just right. The first little tadpole (in photo below) has been named Thad. He shares his aquarium with a snail named Chad.

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DyeingDartFrogTadpole2Photo Credit: Stone Zoo

The tadpoles breathe with gills...

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Aquarium Breeds Endangered Frogs to Boost Wild Population

Posted by Chris Eastland on

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The Vancouver Aquarium is helping one of the world’s most at-risk amphibians by raising and releasing hundreds of healthy Northern Leopard Frog tadpoles into the wilds of British Columbia, Canada. 

The release is part of the Northern Leopard Frog Recovery Team’s efforts to restore a species that was once widespread across Canada. Beginning in the 1970s, millions of frogs died, leaving just one...

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