Frogs are going extinct.

For decades, frogs have been considered to be indicators of environmental health. Often small, beautiful and delicate, their living or dying might be a harbinger of the fate of many other animal species. And, unfortunately, many of them are dying. Of the 6,000 species of amphibians described worldwide, almost 1900 (32%) are considered threatened. Biologists believe that 165 species may have already gone extinct and over 40% are experiencing declines in population size, which means many more are threatened with extinction in the very near future.

Time has run out for many species and is running short for many others. Today the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is acting to ensure the survival of several Sonoran Desert species, including the threatened Chiricahua leopard frog, three other leopard frog species, the Tarahumara frog, and to further awareness of a world-wide action plan for amphibian conservation.

The Desert Museum is acting and so can you. Join us in our efforts to reintroduce the Tarahumara frog and rescue the Chiricahua leopard frog from almost certain extinction. We invite you to support our continuing work.

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