RBG frog ex-ribbit gets the crowds hopping

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The exhibit “Frogs – A Chorus of Colours” opened this weekend at the Royal Botanical Gardens.

The hopping display features over 100 frogs from 17 species from around the the world.

Visitors will learn frogs can live almost anywhere from tropical forests to scorching deserts to the frozen tundra.

They come in an array of colours, shapes and sizes.

Favourites at the RBG include the waxy monkey frog, the amazon milk frog, and the poison dart frog; the smallest and most poisonous creature on the whole planet.

Oganizer Anna Simpson hopes the exhibit will help educate people on the dangers frogs face.

“They are being hit from every angle that you can be hit from, a lot of it is from people and habitat destruction.”

Scientist Jennifer Dick says the native frog species at the RBG has rebounded after being nearly wiped out decades ago

“Currently at RNG we have 6 different species of frogs on site, we should have more.”

This summer, they will will be trying to determine why the number of species are so low and figure out a strategy to return them to normal levels.

Frogs: A Chorus of Colours runs until April 12.