#gopherfrogs

An adorable #GopherFrog which is Georgia's rarest frog, and imperiled throughout the southeast US. One of the Amphibian Foundation's highest priority projects, we are working with partners to save this species through captive-propagation, head-starting and habitat restoration. #Frog #Frogs #Frogger #Froggy #FrogsOfInstagram #GopherFrogs #FrogLife #AmphibiousAF #AmphibianFound #FrogsNeedOurHelp (at The Amphibian Foundation) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsI8t3UgB8t/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=l8g02jddjqxl

No matter how you look at a #GopherTortoise — they are amazing. This #KeystoneSpecies engineers the ecosystem and provides essential microhabitat for many species — including our beloved #GopherFrogs This handsome fella is a recent addition to our educational programs (at The Amphibian Foundation) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq2oUALg4PC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=mq7wekwbzkyo

Gopher Frogs! Georgia's rarest frog suffers from habitat loss and fragmentation in the SE Coastal Plain. They get their name because they live underground, but rather than dig their own burrows, they rely on burrows provided by Gopher Tortoises and others — smart (and a little bit lazy) #GopherFrogs #Lithobates #Lithobatescapito #AmphibianFoundation #Frog #Frogs #FrogsOfInstagram #FrogsNeedOurHelp (at The Amphibian Foundation) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm_k-XEAAkB/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=weof8n5or3ot

Gopher Frog, Lithobates capito One of the residents of the Field Research Center. This frog and many others are now permanently outdoors 'in pseudo situ' in our arrays of tri-phasic mesocosms. That's a mouthful, but our outdoor lab is basically 20 artificial wetlands habitats (consisting of wetland, upland and ecotone) — not to mention hundreds of imperiled temperate amphibians, like these #CuteAF Gopher Frogs. #GopherFrog #GopherFrogs (at The Amphibian Foundation) https://www.instagram.com/p/BmsYPnxFDny/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=kj1df8cngsom

Gopher Frogs! Georgia's rarest frog suffers from habitat loss and fragmentation in the SE Coastal Plain. They get their name because they live underground, but rather than dig their own burrows, they rely on burrows provided by Gopher Tortoises and others — smart! #GopherFrogs #Lithobates #Lithobatescapito #AmphibianFoundation #Frog #Frogs #FrogsOfInstagram #FrogsNeedOurHelp (at The Amphibian Foundation)

With many amazing partners, we have been working to conserve Gopher Frogs in GA for 10 years! First, using #AssistedMetamorphosis and now (w @zooatl ) through #CaptiveBreeding and experimental release. #GopherFrogs #Lithobates #Lithobatescapito #AmphibianFoundation #Frog #Frogs #FrogsOfInstagram #FrogsNeedOurHelp

(5) Then Dr Sheila and Kristen from @MemphisZoo came and we partnered on the first research to occur in the new solar powered research lab at AF (no heat yet) but it was still warm enough to collect sperm from our imperiled #GopherFrogs Oddly enough, Gopher Frog sperm does NOT look like tadpoles. #FunWithSperm (at The Amphibian Foundation) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv2YcsuHEkI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1im0h4eh5u6ly

Gopher Frogs and many other species endemic to the Long Leaf Pine ecosystem of the southeast Coastal Plain are incurring an #ExtinctionDebt from historic and prolific habitat loss and fragmentation. These pressures imposed on Gopher Frogs undermine their ability to manage other stressors such as infectious disease and #ClimateChange. #GopherFrogs #Lithobates #Lithobatescapito #AmphibianFoundation #Frog #Frogs #FrogsOfInstagram #FrogsNeedOurHelp (at The Amphibian Foundation)