00:00Fifteen critically endangered frogs have been born at ZSL's London Zoo, marking the first time the
00:06species has been bred in captivity. The Afia Bairago's Puddle Frog is found in Ghana's Attawa
00:12Hills Forest Reserve, where its two pools are threatened by mining. Twenty adults arrived in
00:19September 2025, so experts could learn how to care for and breed them. The froglets are five
00:25millimetres long, about the size of a pencil tip. Ben Tapley, curator of reptiles and amphibians at
00:32ZSL, which runs the Central London Zoo, said they may be tiny enough to sit on your fingertip,
00:38but their arrival represents a huge step forward for an amphibian facing an uncertain future.
