2,742Grants to

1,709(Sub)Species

The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund has awarded 274 grants for this species type, constituting a total donation of $2,150,981.

Amphibian Conservation Case Studies

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 Frog (Nanorana rarica) is endemic to Nepal and has been reported only from the Lake Rara (2,990m asl) situated at Rara National Park, Nepal. The species was described by Dubois & Matsui, 1983 as a new species based on morphometry and hardly any other information exists about it that's why the IUCN Red List (2004) has placed it under the Data Deficient category.

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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. 172515128) - Thomasset's rock frog - Awarded $24,510 on May 01, 2017
01-05-2017 - Thomasset's rock frog

Developing a conservation strategy for sooglossid frogs: assessment, monitoring, and building capacity to mainstream long-term action.

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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. 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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