John White is a busy two-year-old boy.

"It says ‘ribbit, ribbit, ribbit,’” said the 2-year-old amphibian expert jumping away.

John’s “hopping” with excitement to see his favorite animal.

"A frog!" he proclaimed looking into one of the several terrariums towering above him.

John became wide-eyed with wonder at the Florida Museum of Natural History's latest educational exhibit, "Frogs, A Chorus of Colors."

"They eat flies, with their tongues,” John said. "I don't like flies."

It's not often you get to see frogs from continents around the globe amassed in the same place.

"Most of these you don't see in Florida,” said John’s mother Morgan.

"The frog exhibit is cool, because mainly, there are a lot of frogs in it,” explained Darcie MacMahon, director of exhibits at the Florida Museum of Natural History.

"We do study frogs here at the museum,” she said, sharing one staff member is in Africa looking for new species of frogs now.

Meantime, Darcie said there's real science at work here, trying to save frogs from possible extinction.

"Many frogs are challenged and going extinct, primarily because of a fungus that attacks their skin.  And people haven't learned to solve that problem yet,” she concluded.

More than 100 years ago, the American bullfrog was introduced into the western part of the United States, to be farmed for food.  That didn't happen.  Instead, the bullfrog adapted.  Today, you can find them in our backyard here in Florida.

As for John, he's ready to walk around the museum again.

"That's silly!" he said about how frogs jumps.

Note: "Frogs, A Chorus of Colors" is slated to run at the museum through Sept. 4, 2017

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