The Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis) was the first amphibian granted protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Critical habitat was designated in Bastrop and Burleson counties in 1978, in areas supporting the largest populations known at that time. Primary threats to this speci...
Kevin Zippel is helping to coordinate the the Amphibian Ark, a global effort to collect amphibians in zoos and aquariums in order to save certain species from extinction.
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