California red-legged frogs with Regina Spranger part 2

Posted by Theadora Block | May 3, 2020 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, Education, Local, Outdoors, Santa Cruz Naturalist, Science | 0

Santa Cruz Naturalist

California red-legged frogs with Regina Spranger part 2

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This month on Santa Cruz Naturalist, we follow up with Ph.D. student Regina Spranger and find out more about the locally threatened California red-legged frog, which is also our state amphibian (listen to part 1 about California red-legged frogs here). Did you know that most frogs don’t migrate, but the red-legged frogs in Santa Cruz can migrate up to 1/2 a mile? This is quite a long distance for a small frog!

Tune in to KSQD 90.7 FM to listen live the week of May 4th 2020: Tuesday 7:53 am and Saturday 11:54 am.

Here’s a California red-legged from juvenile, a tadpole starting to change into an adult. See the little legs starting to grow!

Regina at the tide pools near Natural Bridges, Santa Cruz, CA.

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Theadora Block

Theadora Block is a Ph.D candidate at UC Santa Cruz, studying Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. While her research is focused on the social behavior of small songbirds, Theadora enjoys learning about many aspects of the natural world and sharing that with people.