Biologist releasing gopher frog at a wetland in Francis Marion National Forest.

Woman crouched down surrounded by grasses. She is holding a frog and readying to release it.
Photo By/Credit
Melanie Olds/USFWS
Date Shot/Created
05/06/2022
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Melanie Olds, USFWS biologist, readying to release a gopher frog that was raised at Bear Bluff National Fish Hatchery. Photo by USFWS, Francis Marion National Forest, May 24, 2019
Facility
South Carolina Ecological Services Field Office
Ecosystem
Forest
Wetland
Species
Lithobates capito
Staff
Melanie Olds
Subject tags
Amphibians
Captive breeding
Species of concern
Species reintroduction