Comments on: Endangered frog species http://www.calacademy.org/flyonthewall/?p=492 Quirky Academy news and behind-the-scenes reports Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:33:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mike http://www.calacademy.org/flyonthewall/?p=492&cpage=1#comment-3984 Mike Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:33:38 +0000 http://live.calacademy.org/blog/flyonthewall/?p=492#comment-3984 Interesting! I hope that everyone has a great and safe weekend,plus I hope that they had a nicce MLK Day and are having a great and safe Groundhog Day!

]]> By: Bryan Cockel http://www.calacademy.org/flyonthewall/?p=492&cpage=1#comment-3981 Bryan Cockel Fri, 01 Feb 2013 05:15:32 +0000 http://live.calacademy.org/blog/flyonthewall/?p=492#comment-3981 I have had the great privilege of seeing wild Mantellas in Madagascar, and tried, in vain, to breed the critically endangered Golden Mantella (M. Aurantiaca)with captive bred stock, with no result. Congrats on the Academy’s success!

]]> By: Michele Gaston http://www.calacademy.org/flyonthewall/?p=492&cpage=1#comment-1811 Michele Gaston Fri, 11 Jun 2010 23:15:24 +0000 http://live.calacademy.org/blog/flyonthewall/?p=492#comment-1811 Having spent a glorious 2 years as a preteen in the Canal Zone – - building forts in the jungles around Gatun Lake, hunting for bleeding teeth shells, and playing football in the mud with the boys – - I was thrilled to read about the thriving baby golden mantellas. We still have a warped, mildewed, signed edition of Anico Surany’s storybook, THE GOLDEN FROG, published by GP Putnam’s Sons in 1963.

Thanks for your report!

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