# @detroitzoo on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DJt5NCSzJ7E
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/32199433-detroitzoo-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-05-16T14:03:14.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Detroit Zoo (@DetroitZoo) — https://gondola.cc/DetroitZoo

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🐸 Fighting for the Future — One Frog at a Time 🐸

This Endangered Species Day, we’re shining a spotlight on one of the rarest amphibians in the United States: the dusky gopher frog.

Native to Mississippi, these frogs are teetering on the edge of extinction due to habitat loss, pollution, disease and climate change. But there’s hope — and it’s happening in places like the Detroit Zoo.

Since 2018, our dedicated team has been working to breed and protect dusky gopher frogs as part of a national Species Survival Plan (SSP). We’ve even utilized in vitro fertilization (IVF) to increase the success of our breeding efforts — and it’s paying off. This year, we welcomed 120 tadpoles, the next generation of dusky gopher frogs. Soon with the help of our partners, they’ll hop their way into the wild, returning to the longleaf pine forests where their species once thrived.

🌱 Thanks to SSP programs like ours, over 10,000 dusky gopher frogs have been released back into their native habitat. And we’re just getting started.

Stay tuned as we continue to fight for frogs — and for the countless other amphibians that need our help.

#EndangeredSpeciesDay #DetroitZoo #AmphibianConservation #DuskyGopherFrog #SavingSpecies #Biodiversity #ZooConservation #FrogsMatter

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endangeredspeciesday, zooconservation, frogsmatter, savingspecies, amphibianconservation, detroitzoo, duskygopherfrog, biodiversity

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