Following a species rehabilitation effort by the Birch Aquarium , San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance , UCLA , and others, more than 350 endangered Mountain Yellow-legged Frogs have been released into the wild, it was announced Tuesday.

Birch Aquarium at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego marked the occasion as its first ever species reintroduction. The frogs were released into the San Bernardino Mountains in a wildlife preserve managed by The Wildlands Conservancy .

“It was an incredibly exciting and emotional day for our team, as releasing these frogs into the wild marks a historic first for Birch Aquarium,” said Sean Bruce, assistant curator of fishes and invertebrates. “We have been raising these frogs for more than a year, and to finally reach this milestone is trul

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