Dusky gopher frogs spend most of their lives underground, in burrows created by gopher tortoises — hence their name — and other animals. In the winter they migrate to temporary ponds to breed, and ...

DESCRIPTION: A stubby frog with ridges on the sides of its back, the gopher frog is uniformly dark above or has irregular dorsal spots; its throat and belly regions tend to be more pigmented. The frog ...

A few years ago, the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service declared the property “essential” to the survival of the Mississippi gopher frog, aptly named, as it’s found only in Mississippi.

“Gopher frogs are a species of special concern in the state of Georgia, and they only live in certain patches,” Jackie Entz Shores, Chehaw’s director of education, said. “By head-starting ...