IUCN Status
CITES Status
United States Endangered Species Act
History of Conservation Efforts
By 2003, fewer than 200 individuals remained in the wild
SDZG Institute for Conservation Research
(Hammerson 2008)
Diseases
Predation
Environmental effects
Learn how San Diego Zoo Global researchers raise endangered mountain yellow-legged froglets for reintroduction into the wild.
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ICR Senior Research Coordinator, Jeff Lemm, checks a clutch of Mountain Yellow-Legged Frog eggs.
The San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research (ICR) has been breeding, raising and reintroducing frogs into historical native habitat since 2010.
Image credit: Ken Bohn, © San Diego Zoo Global. All rights reserved.
Release into Fuller Mill Creek.
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USFWS (2002)
USFWS (2006)
IUCN (2004)
IUCN (2006)
IUCN (2008)
Backlin (2013)
Fellers et al. (2001)
Vredenburg et al. (2008)