Blink and you’ll miss it. You’re witnessing the first time this rare gopher frog is returning to its natural environment. It was raised at the Edenton National Fish Hatchery as part of our Gopher Frog Head Start Program-where we raise gopher frogs in captivity and release them into the wild once they become froglets. After a moment of hesitation, this frog takes a leap and never looks back. It takes to the pond like a “fish to water.” 😁 Welcome home, little gopher froglet. 🎥:USFWS | USFWS Sout

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After 30 years of silence, the endangered ‘snoring’ dusky gopher frog was re-discovered, kicking off a decades-long effort to save it and restore its longleaf pine habitat. #WorldFrogDay 🐸🌲 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service USFWS Southeast Region @ WesternCarolinaUniversity The Nature Conservancy Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Memphis Zoo The Longleaf Alliance https://www.fs.usda.gov/features/rediscovering-snoring-dusky-gopher-frog-and-restoring-longleaf-pine-forests-rare-species | U.S. Fo

Check out this month's Memphis Zoo Insider: Dusky Gopher Frogs. Watch the Research and Conservation Team start from insemination to release with this little Mississippi native frog. | Memphis Zoo