AUTHOR=North Susan , Richmond Jonathan Q. , Santana Frank E. , Peralta-García Anny , Gallegos Elizabeth A. , Backlin Adam R. , Hitchcock Cynthia J. , Hollingsworth Bradford D. , Valdez-Villavicencio Jorge H. , Principe Zachary , Fisher Robert N. , Winchell Clark S. TITLE=Taking the Leap: A Binational Translocation Effort to Close the 420-Km Gap in the Baja California Lineage of the California Red-Legged Frog (Rana draytonii) JOURNAL=Frontiers in Conservation Science VOLUME=3 YEAR=2022 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/conservation-science/articles/10.3389/fcosc.2022.908929 DOI=10.3389/fcosc.2022.908929 ISSN=2673-611X ABSTRACT=
Conservation translocations, the human-mediated movement and release of a living organism for a conservation benefit, are increasingly recommended in species’ recovery plans as a technique for mitigating population declines or augmenting genetic diversity. However, translocation protocols for species with broad distributions may require regionally specific considerations to increase success, as environmental gradients may pose different constraints on population establishment and persistence in different parts of the range. Here we report on ongoing, genetically informed translocations of a threatened amphibian, California red-legged frog (