Amphibian Conservation Case Studies | The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund

Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 180516584) - Bleeding Toad - Awarded $3,000 on December 20, 2018

20-12-2018 - Bleeding Toad

Annual Monitoring of Frogs and Toad Community at Mount Slamet, Central Java, Indonesia

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 182518595) - Carvalho's Tree Toad - Awarded $3,900 on October 02, 2018

02-10-2018 - Carvalho's Tree Toad

Are forest-collected bromeliads used by frogs? Integrating field research, citizen science and outreach toward the conservation of bromeliad frogs

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 180517572) - Calilegua Marsupial Frog - Awarded $2,500 on May 02, 2018

02-05-2018 - Calilegua Marsupial Frog

This project will implement an ecoacoustic monitoring of endangered frogs in the forest-grassland ecotone of Yungas Andean Forests in Northwestern Argentina. Representing the ecotone of montane grasslands and montane forest of Yungas where moist and cold environmental conditions predominate. This ecotone is located on the tree line of Yungas forest and could act as climatic refugia for endangered and endemic frog species of Calilegua NP.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 172517120) - Perret’s Toad - Awarded $8,493 on December 19, 2017

19-12-2017 - Perret’s Toad

Our focal species - Sclerophrys perreti (common name: Perret’s toad) is only known from the Idanre Hill, in Ondo Province, southwestern Nigeria. This species is listed as ‘Critically Endangered’ under IUCN red list http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/54732/0. It was previously thought that it may occur in similar habitats in southwestern Nigeria, but subsequent surveys in similar habitat around the type locality have failed to record it ...

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 170516858) - Narayanghat Whipping Frog - Awarded $1,500 on December 19, 2017

19-12-2017 - Narayanghat Whipping Frog

Study of the Data Deficient Narayanghat Whipping Frog (Polypedates zed) from Chitwan District, Nepal.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 172516447) - Teleferico rubber frog - Awarded $5,000 on September 18, 2017

18-09-2017 - Teleferico rubber frog

Conservation status and natural history of the endemic and endangered Teleferico rubber frog, an enigmatic high altitude Venezuelan Andean frog

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 172515520) - Lemur leaf frog - Awarded $10,000 on September 18, 2017

18-09-2017 - Lemur leaf frog

Range assessment of the Critically Endangered Lemur leaf frog (Agalychnis lemur) in Costa Rica’s Central Valley

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 172516328) - Helena's stump-toad frog - Awarded $3,800 on September 18, 2017

18-09-2017 - Helena's stump-toad frog

Ambohitantely Special Reserve in Madagascar is the only remaining patch of humid forest on the central plateau north of the capital Antananarivo. The remaining 3,000Ha of forest is home to two site endemic Critically Endangered frog species: Anilany helenae and Anodonthyla vallani. This project seeks to undertake the first population assessment of each species as a basis for long-term monitoring.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 170513397) - Tree frogs - Awarded $4,000 on September 18, 2017

18-09-2017 - Tree frogs

Ecology and disease surveillance in frogs of Papua New Guinea

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 172515883) - Barrio's Frog - Awarded $4,600 on September 18, 2017

18-09-2017 - Barrio's Frog

Ensuring Barrio's Frog long-term conservation in protected areas

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