1.5K views · 61 reactions |  The Wyoming Toads need our help! In the...

Over 300 of our Wyoming toad tadpoles were held back to become part of the Species Survival Plan breeding population, and to become our next generation of headstart toads. These toads will grow from now until May, when we will release them as adults into their Wyoming habitat. Most of our tadpoles have already developed their hind legs, which is one of the earlier steps in the toad metamorphosis process. Their forelimbs will develop after their hind limbs, and at that point they really start loo

12K views · 28 shares | The Wyoming toad population is growing by leaps and bounds! Seven hundred tadpoles will be released into the wild after another successful year of our breeding program at the National Amphibian Conservation Center. We've been working to save this federally endangered amphibian for two decades. Learn more: https://detroitzoo.org/press-release/wyoming-toad-population-grows-leaps-bounds-detroit-zoo/ | Detroit Zoo | Facebook

3.4K views · 53 reactions | The Wyoming toad is extremely rare and...