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

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. 170511231) - Rara Lake Frog - Awarded $2,500 on May 01, 2017

01-05-2017 - Rara Lake Frog

Rara Lake Frogs (Nanorana rarica) are endemic to Nepal and have been reported only from Rara lake (2,990m asl) situated at Rara National Park, mid western Nepal.The species was described by Dubois & Matsui, 1983 as a completely new species with morphometric measurements only while the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2004) has placed it under the Data Deficient (DD) category.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 172515125) - Botucatu Escuerzo - Awarded $2,425 on May 01, 2017

01-05-2017 - Botucatu Escuerzo

Status review update of Proceratophrys moratoi: a endemic toad of Brazilian Cerrado

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 172515603) - Golden Poison Frog - Awarded $7,500 on May 01, 2017

01-05-2017 - Golden Poison Frog

Participative monitoring population of Endemic and Endangered Golden Poison Frog (Phyllobates terribilis) in Pacific Lowlands of Cauca department, Colombia

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 170515352) - Caceres Robber Frog - Awarded $2,450 on May 01, 2017

01-05-2017 - Caceres Robber Frog

In search of Oreobates heterodactylus, a Data Deficient species endemic to the endangered Cerrado forests and lost for 80 years

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 162514619) - Leora's Stream Sirenodon - Awarded $5,500 on December 19, 2016

19-12-2016 - Leora's Stream Sirenodon

Field survey, ecology and conservation genetics to the rescue of the critically endangered Stream Siredon (Ambystoma leorae).

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 162514563) - Boulenger’s Backpack Frog - Awarded $8,000 on December 19, 2016

19-12-2016 - Boulenger’s Backpack Frog

Conservation status of backpack frogs of the genus Cryptobatrachus (Hemiphractidae): species delimitation and geographic distribution

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 160514373) - Bleeding Toad - Awarded $4,450 on December 19, 2016

19-12-2016 - Bleeding Toad

ECOLOGICAL SURVEY OF TOAD AND FROG AT MOUNT GEDE PANGRANO, WEST JAVA

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 162513838) - Leprous False Brook Salamander - Awarded $12,400 on September 22, 2016

22-09-2016 - Leprous False Brook Salamander

Conservation Status of a Community of Vulnerable and Endangered Lungless Salamanders (Plethodontidae) in a Mountain Ecosystem of Mexico

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 162513235) - Painted tree frog - Awarded $4,000 on September 22, 2016

22-09-2016 - Painted tree frog

Aparasphenodon pomba is a species recently described in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, which is only found in a small forest fragment not legally protected. This species is classified as critically endangered in the Brazilian list of species threatened by extinction. In our project, we are searching for new occurrence areas for A. pomba, identifying any factors/agents possibly impacting this species.

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