Feb. 10--Moving up the animal complexity ladder, Shedd Aquarium will mount "Amphibians" in the temporary exhibit space long occupied by "Jellies," the institution's popular exhibition of jellyfish.
Set for a May opening, according to Shedd's Tuesday announcement, the display of the cold-blooded vertebrates in 30-plus habitats will include minuscule and multi-colored frogs and the world's second-largest amphibian, a Japanese salamander that reaches almost four feet in length.
"From the surface, amphibians appear to be simplistic animals, but the amazing diversity, adaptations, biologies and behaviors are much more sophisticated -- and absolutely fascinating," Mark Schick, special exhibits collections manager at Shedd, said in the news release.
Shedd is developing the exhibition in-house, and it is scheduled to be up through 2017. (Check out the aquarium's video preview.) "Jellies" closed in January after an almost four-year run.
