Southern California once had so many of these mountain frogs that people could barely avoid stepping on them; now about 650 were released back into the wild
- In the streams of Southern California’s mountains, the southern mountain yellow-legged frog has had a difficult few decades.
- The species was once far more widespread, with historic accounts describing streams where frogs were so numerous that people could scarcely move without stepping around them.
- Finding them in the wild is a very different proposition; their remaining populations are scattered across parts of the San Gabriel, San Bernardino and San Jacinto mountains.
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- In the streams of Southern California’s mountains, the southern mountain yellow-legged frog has had a difficult few decades.
- The species was once far more widespread, with historic accounts describing streams where frogs were so numerous that people could scarcely move without stepping around them.
- Finding them in the wild is a very different proposition; their remaining populations are scattered across parts of the San Gabriel, San Bernardino and San Jacinto mountains.
Sources: Times of India