Baja California Tree Frog

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  1. Hello. I'm Kalen.
  2. And you learned today I'm going to be presenting on
  3. the Baja California tree frog.
  4. Um, so the common name is the Baja California tree
  5. frog. Its scientific name is the sooty Chris Hydro Cognac.
  6. On the right hand side, you can see a photo
  7. of him.
  8. Mhm. Um, this is a native species, so I'm going
  9. to talk about the status.
  10. The conservation status Currently, Um, although there is no significant
  11. conservation concern for the species in California, we do see
  12. that there is very limited amounts of it of this
  13. species in the L A river.
  14. On this one, you can see that there are only
  15. 15 observations.
  16. When I did do the observations on the Sepulveda Universal
  17. City or downtown during the L A river, um, sections.
  18. I found no observations that were there.
  19. However, they were 15 in the A lesion area.
  20. This doesn't mean that they are rare, but it means
  21. that they weren't there during the season.
  22. Or people aren't really looking for them often because they
  23. are California natives.
  24. Um, I want to start off by cleaning the l.
  25. A river.
  26. They thrive and are able to reproduce and feed in
  27. these areas.
  28. Um, although their habitat ranges from the forest, woodlands, grassland
  29. and urban areas, um, you do find them in the
  30. l A river, but more specifically the Santa Monica Mountains.
  31. So when they are in the l.
  32. A river, However, um, this is where they feed and
  33. where they reproduce.
  34. So when they feed, they need, um, clean water.
  35. And I want to start by cleaning the water using
  36. the citron ultraviolet water purifiers.
  37. Um, as you can see from the bottom of this
  38. picture left to right, you can see how much clearer
  39. it is, which means that the animals are much cleaner
  40. in these areas.
  41. Furthermore, they feed off of tadpoles and other bacterias, including
  42. algae or inorganic and organic debris.
  43. And these tadpoles are sensitive to nitrates and excessive nitrate
  44. concentration comes from agriculture and urban runoff.
  45. So I want to ultimately, um, avoid any areas where,
  46. um, agriculture or other things are taking in place to
  47. add nitrogen to our water.
  48. Because nitrates are sensitive to these tadpoles, making these tentacles
  49. not very healthy, which means that our frogs won't be
  50. healthy and turn and they feed off of these animals.
  51. So overall I want us to be able to clean
  52. our water so that they thrive there better.
  53. And we see them more in the areas rather than
  54. their mountain range.
  55. And we want them to be able to feed healthy
  56. by cleaning the nitrates from the water for the tadpoles.
  57. Thank you.