Dave Harmon, PW editor
- Oct 18, 2019
- 1 min read

Biologists confirm 28 rare frogs survived major wildfire last year at Santa Monica Mountains NRA

It appears that neither wildfires nor mudslides can wipe out populations of California red-legged frogs in the Santa Monica Mountains of California.

A recent survey by National Park Service biologists at Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area discovered 28 adult California red-legged frogs (Rana draytonii) in four translocation sites that were set up by Park Service biologists in 2014 in an effort to re-introduce the threatened species back into the Santa Monica Mountains.

https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2019/10/small-number-threatened-california-red-legged-frogs-were-able-tough-out-woolsey-fire-and

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