There was a celebrity in our midst at the SFPUC's Alameda Creek Diversion Dam, the site of the Fish Passage Facilities Project. Field Biologist Chris Pattison spied this California Red-legged frog recently near the construction site and moved it to a safer location.
"Why is this frog famous?" you ask.
Could it be because the California Red-Legged frog (Rana draytonii) is a federally threatened species?
Or that they are found almost exclusively in California?
Or that they were once a common meal for miners during the Gold Rush?
Give up?
It has the distinct honor of being the Official Amphibian for the State of California. Read more in this blog post from 2014.
It is heartening to know that these really special frogs are still hopping around the Alameda Creek Watershed.
See you around the Valley!
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