Exhibit / Frogs Forever?
Frogs forever?
Frogs Forever? isn’t just about frogs: the gallery houses 22 species of salamanders, toads and frogs. Some are threatened or endangered in the wild.
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Overview
Frogs in peril
Amphibians survived the disaster that wiped out the dinosaurs, but now they’re under siege from a variety of threats including habitat loss, devastating disease and being hunted for food. At the rate they’re disappearing, we could lose up to half of the world’s amphibians in our lifetimes. Frogs Forever? highlights the diversity and plights of frogs, salamanders and toads from different regions of the world. It also shows the amazing transformations they undergo in their lifetimes and offers some ways to help protect them.
What you'll see
Leap into the amphibian world
Frogs Forever? isn’t just about frogs: the gallery houses 22 species of salamanders, toads and frogs. Some are threatened or endangered in the wild.
What you'll see
Vanishing act
Frogs today are threatened with extinction. The Vancouver Aquarium has joined forces with zoos and aquariums around the world to try and stop hundreds of species from vanishing forever in a global effort called Amphibian Ark (AArk).
What you'll see
Raising awareness
Frogs, toads and salamanders have hopped or slithered on Earth since before the time of the dinosaurs. They come in a variety of colours and body shapes and go through amazing transformations over their lifetimes.
What you'll see
Raising awareness
Frogs, toads and salamanders have hopped or slithered on Earth since before the time of the dinosaurs. They come in a variety of colours and body shapes and go through amazing transformations over their lifetimes.
How We Help
The single largest mass extinction since the dinosaurs
The world is facing what may be the single largest mass extinction event since the time of the dinosaurs: almost half of the world's 6,000 known amphibian species could be wiped out in our lifetimes.
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Oregon spotted frog conservation program
The Oregon spotted frog is the most endangered amphibian in Canada. Habitat destruction and the introduction of non-native species into the Fraser River Valley have caused the Oregon spotted frog population to decline rapidly in recent years. In an effort to protect the species, the Aquarium joined the Oregon Spotted Frog Recovery Team in 2000.
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Recovery team
The Aquarium joined the Oregon Spotted Frog Recovery Team in 2000. In 2007, Oregon spotted frog eggs were collected to establish an aquarium-based assurance population. The first ever Oregon spotted frog breeding in an aquarium environment took place in 2010. In 2011, close to 3,000 cultured tadpoles and juvenile frogs were released into natural habitats near established populations in the wild.
Oregon spotted frogs look a lot like the Columbia spotted frog and the red legged Frog.
In fact it takes an expert to tell Columbia spotted frogs and Oregon spotted frogs apart.