The cold alpine lakes of the high Sierra once hummed with the splashing and soft, clicking chirp of the yellow-legged frog. Like many fragile amphibians, however, the small, often darkly dotted ...

The alpine lakes of High Sierra at Yosemite National Park witnessed the resurrection of their priced Nevada Yellow-Legged Frogs after reports of their near extinction. The frog population was ...

The mountain yellow-legged frog was once the most abundant amphibian in Southern California's Sierra Nevada and Transverse Ranges. Just decades ago, it was hard to walk around many of California's ...

Females are slightly larger than males, up to three inches long. HABITAT: Mountain yellow-legged frogs live in glaciated alpine lakes, ponds, tarns, springs and streams. Lakes used usually have grassy ...