Archive for January, 2012

posted by Ella Recknagel on Jan 19

As I was saying in the title the little yellow-legged frog needs our help! All the way in Sierra Nevada California!!! I will start with some easy facts about the frog. Once the frog was the most abundant amphibian in Sierra Nevada Mountains and Southern California. Here is a very interesting fact. At one time there were so many frogs that people had to watch were they stepped. The yellow-legged frogs have disappeared from over 93 percent of their original mountain home. The California Department of Fish and Game introduced trout into the frogs habitat. These trout didn’t belong there so the trout ate the tadpoles of the yellow-legged frog. This caused them to be endangered. Those are some interesting facts. I really don’t want these amazing creatures to go extinct someday.

http://www.californiaherps.com/sounds/rmuscosa.mp3
http://www.californiaherps.com/sounds/rmuscosauw.mp3

Another endangered amphibian is the California Tiger Salamander.

posted by Ella Recknagel on Jan 17

Floria has an amazing Panther that needs to be saved. There are only about 100 left in the state of florida. So what I would like you to do to try to save the florida panther is do not cut down trees and try not to drive too fast in the Everglades. I will start with facts about the florida panther. They are 5-8 ounces when they are born. Their adult body is about 5-8 feet long.They also eat squirrels, deer and other stuff they can find. They live in southwestern florida and need 100 square miles, which is a very big place. so I was glad to write this blog because I love animals and I will deal with any animal I can find. I am so glad that you read my blog. Thank you.