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

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. 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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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 172516275) - Variable Harlequin Frog - Awarded $25,000 on September 18, 2017

18-09-2017 - Variable Harlequin Frog

Reintroducing captive-bred Variable Harlequin Frogs (Atelopus varius) back into the wilds of Panama and conducting post-release monitoring to determine success factors.

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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. 172515484) - Ridge Marsupial Frog - Awarded $12,450 on May 01, 2017

01-05-2017 - Ridge Marsupial Frog

The ridge marsupial frog (Gastrotheca psychrophila) is an endemic and endangered species with a known distribution range limited to the Cordillera Oriental (Southern Ecuador). The project is aimed to assess its population range and health in the Madrigal del Podocarpus Natural Reserve, reduce its habitat degradation (remove invasive pine trees and plant native species), search for new populations and implement a wide awareness-raising campaign.

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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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