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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8.5K views · 71 reactions | 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 | Facebook

5.2K views · 158 reactions | Twenty-five dusky gopher frogs bred at our National Amphibian Conservation Center were released in Mississippi’s Ward Bayou Wildlife Management Area this month as part of a cooperative program to restore a wild population of the critically endangered amphibian. Learn more: https://detroitzoo.org/press-release/detroit-zoo-born-dusky-gopher-frogs-released-into-the-wild-for-the-first-time/ | Detroit Zoo | Facebook