Biologists release rare Relict Leopard Frog into the wild
A platoon of biologists released a dozen rare Relict Leopard froglets and 158 tadpoles to a remote, high-elevation spring on the Arizona side of Lake Mohave between Laughlin and Kingman.
They hope their effort to establish a new population of relict leopard frogs in their native range near the Colorado River will help preserve the species whose numbers are estimated to be between 1,200 and 2,500 in the wild, not counting tadpoles. Last year's count, considered to be a minimum or underestimate, turned up only 551.
