PHOTOS: Amphibians at Atlanta sanctuary getting a new home

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PHOTOS: Amphibians at Atlanta sanctuary getting a new home

Buckhead-based Amphibian Foundation, home to over 1,000 salamanders, frogs and newts, poised for relocation.

A lizard and a tortoise crawl around the classroom at the Amphibian Foundation in Atlanta on Thursday, August 7, 2025. The foundation is soon moving over 1,000 animals to a new location because their building is to be demolished. (Abbey Cutrer / AJC)

Volunteer Barbara Marston holds a lizard at the Amphibian Foundation in Atlanta on Thursday, August 7, 2025. The foundation is soon moving over 1,000 animals to a new location because their building is to be demolished. (Abbey Cutrer / AJC)

Executive Director Mark Mandica picks up a cane toad named Duchess at the Amphibian Foundation in Atlanta on Thursday, August 7, 2025. The foundation is soon moving over 1,000 animals to a new location because their building is to be demolished. (Abbey Cutrer / AJC)

Volunteer Barbara Marston holds a snake named Sharpie at the Amphibian Foundation in Atlanta on Thursday, August 7, 2025. The foundation is soon moving over 1,000 animals to a new location because their building is to be demolished. (Abbey Cutrer / AJC)

Executive Director Mark Mandica picks up a red-eyed tree frog at the Amphibian Foundation in Atlanta on Thursday, August 7, 2025. The foundation is soon moving over 1,000 animals to a new location because their building is to be demolished. (Abbey Cutrer / AJC)

A red-eyed tree frog rests on a leaf at the Amphibian Foundation in Atlanta on Thursday, August 7, 2025. The foundation is soon moving over 1,000 animals to a new location because their building is to be demolished. (Abbey Cutrer / AJC)

Snakes move around their enclosure at the Amphibian Foundation in Atlanta on Thursday, August 7, 2025. The foundation is soon moving over 1,000 animals to a new location because their building is to be demolished. (Abbey Cutrer / AJC)

A frog sits in its enclosure at the Amphibian Foundation in Atlanta on Thursday, August 7, 2025. The foundation is soon moving over 1,000 animals to a new location because their building is to be demolished. (Abbey Cutrer / AJC)

An employee walks by enclosures of endangered species at the Amphibian Foundation in Atlanta on Thursday, August 7, 2025. The foundation is soon moving over 1,000 animals to a new location because their building is to be demolished. (Abbey Cutrer / AJC)

A snake named Beyonce sits in an enclosure at the Amphibian Foundation in Atlanta on Thursday, August 7, 2025. The foundation is soon moving over 1,000 animals to a new location because their building is to be demolished. (Abbey Cutrer / AJC)

Executive Director Mark Mandica opens a frog exhibit at the Amphibian Foundation in Atlanta on Thursday, August 7, 2025. The foundation is soon moving over 1,000 animals to a new location because their building is to be demolished. (Abbey Cutrer / AJC)

Posters hang on the wall of a classroom at the Amphibian Foundation in Atlanta on Thursday, August 7, 2025. The foundation is soon moving over 1,000 animals to a new location because their building is to be demolished. (Abbey Cutrer / AJC)

Executive Director Mark Mandica holds a cane toad named Duchess at the Amphibian Foundation in Atlanta on Thursday, August 7, 2025. The foundation is soon moving over 1,000 animals to a new location because their building is to be demolished. (Abbey Cutrer / AJC)

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A lizard and a tortoise crawl around the classroom at the Amphibian Foundation in Atlanta on Thursday, August 7, 2025. The foundation is soon moving over 1,000 animals to a new location because their building is to be demolished. (Abbey Cutrer / AJC)

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