Critically endangered green-eyed frogs from Costa Rica have taken up residence in an unusual home in the Cheshire countryside.
Conservationists at Chester Zoo have converted shipping containers to mimic the amphibians' rainforest homes.
The frogs were thought extinct until a single breeding pond was discovered in 2005.
Experts are hoping to breed a "safety net" population that can be transferred back to their natural environment.
Lead keeper of herpetology at the zoo, Ben Baker has followed the frogs' journey from start to finish.
After researchers from Manchester Museum discovered the vulnerable population, spawn was sent to the zoo to preserve future hopes for the species.
Little data is available on the species but their dramatic decline is linked to the Chytridiomycosis fungus that is affecting amphibians worldwide.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/17299523
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