A chief rationale for this plan is protection of the California red-legged frog, also an endangered species.

The northern red-legged frog has long, powerful legs well adapted to jumping.

R. draytonii looks very similar to the northern red-legged frog.

This is the habitat of the California red-legged frog, very endangered.

The California red-legged frog may aestivate to conserve energy when its food and water supply is low.

The red-legged frog requires stream side, woodland environments for survival.

It was formerly considered a subspecies of the northern red-legged frog (R. aurora).

The wilderness includes the creeks and canyons that are habitat for the endangered red-legged frog.

The red-legged frog is further subdivided into two categories:

Biologists found a dime-size white flower, thought to be extinct, and a colony of endangered red-legged frogs.