NPS / Neal Herbert
At Midway Geyser Basin, a mixed chorus of amphibians greets the onset of dusk.
Spadefoot toads slowly croak among the evening chorus of boreal chorus frogs.
(Frog chorus)
For Yellowstone National Park, I'm Savannah Smith.
Amphibians are valuable indicators of stressors such as disease or climate change.
In 2015, a breeding population of plains spadefoot toads was confirmed in Yellowstone.
Western toads were once common throughout Yellowstone.
Last updated: April 16, 2020
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