A few years ago, the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service declared the property “essential” to the survival of the Mississippi gopher frog, aptly named, as it’s found only in Mississippi.

Dusky gopher frogs spend most of their lives underground, in burrows created by gopher tortoises — hence their name — and other animals. In the winter they migrate to temporary ponds to breed, and ...

In September 2011, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published a proposed critical habitat rule for the dusky gopher frog with a bull’s-eye on 1,500 acres of Poitevent’s tree farm land ...

DESCRIPTION: A stubby frog with ridges on the sides of its back, the gopher frog is uniformly dark above or has irregular dorsal spots; its throat and belly regions tend to be more pigmented. The frog ...

By Katarina Zimmer In 2021, a group of scientists in Ecuador looked in disbelief at a photo of a chocolate-colored frog with an orange belly. The researchers wondered: Could it be Atelopus guanujo ...

For example, the ranger states that gopher frogs were last listed as a species there in 2016, and although she doesn’t expect the frogs to make a huge comeback across the park, it’s more ...

In September 2011, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published a proposed critical habitat rule for the dusky gopher frog with a bull’s-eye on 1,500 acres of Poitevent’s tree farm land ...

Chehaw Park & Zoo has received $5,000 from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources to help develop public viewing aspects for a new “head start” education program focused on rare gopher frogs.