Pico Blanco Tree Frog (Isthmohyla pictipes) Case Study
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Continent: North America
Country: Costa Rica
Grant Amount: $4,000
Awarded Date: January 23, 2022
Wagner Chaves-Acuña
Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" - CONICET
Av. Angel Gallardo 470
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
C1405DJR
Argentina
Tel: 0111532671516
Mob: 1132671516
In-situ conservation of the endangered treefrog Isthmohyla pictipes in a tropical cloud forest of Costa Rica
In-situ conservation of the treefrog Isthmohyla pictipes in a tropical cloud forest of Costa Rica The Pico Blanco Treefrog, Isthmohyla pictipes, is a Critically Endangered anuran endemic to Costa Rica, where it occurs along pristine streams of tropical cloud forests above 1500 masl. In this project, we will monitor a relict population to gain a better understanding of its conservation status in Costa Rica.
The project will assess a remnant population of I. pictipes by conducting a long-term monitoring to study its reproductive phenology and to assist its conservation through local and accurate understanding of natural breeding populations in the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica. We aim to record courtship interactions, oviposition events, and other natural history aspects that have not yet been documented in the species (e.g. territorial and courtship behaviors). Our project seeks to develop environmental education activities with community members from surrounding villages of the study site to promote awareness as a complementary tool for the conservation of I. pictipes.
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