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Amphibians are #RacingExtinction 40% are in peril or already extinct in the wild. Help them #StartWith1Thing https://t.co/qywYfnKtLp — Leilani Münter (@LeilaniMunter) November 20, 2015

The Fringed Leaf Frog is a unique and beautiful species, though they have recently hit the pet trade through select private breeders and specialty frog shops (like Black Jungle) Little is known about their natural history, and status on the wild because the frog rarely, if ever comes to the ground. They are a canopy dwelling species and blend in perfectly in that ecotone. We were one if the first places to breed this species in captivity, and the first to exhibit them. Currently, we have 6 on display in our Frogs of the Amazon exhibit, with Mimic Poison Frogs. We have donated some of the offspring to Zoo Atlanta, the Shedd Aquarium and the Vivarium at the Manchester Museum. #Cruziohyla #Cruziohylacraspedopus #Phyllomedusinae #LeafFrog #CaptiveAssuranceColonies #CaptiveBreeding

  Two articles published on the internet today about the new chytrid research published from Spain! BBC News Report Wired.com

  Pictured here is a frog which is believed to be the last of its kind - the Rabbs' Fringe-limbed Tree Frog. While his story is incredibly sad, it emphasizes the importance of conserving biodiversity and paying attention to what the global amphibian declines are trying to tell us. In collaboration with Zoo Atlanta, we tried to establish an assurance colony of Rabbs' Fringe- limbed Tree Frog (#Ecnomiohyla rabborum) in 2005 and were able to get them to lay eggs, but the tadpoles never completed metamorphosis. While this collaboration with the zoo was able to establish assurance colonies of many Panamanian species threatened with extinction, we were unsuccessful with E. rabborum. Ten years later, this frog has a powerful message - one that has been told in National Geographic (thanks to @joelsartore and PhotoArk); in Huffington Post (thanks to @leilanimunter) and next month, he will be featured in a major documentary by Louie Psihoyos called #RacingExtinction . The movie premi...

  This is where we work with non-Panamanian species of frogs from Central and South America. If you saw the post from two days ago, you saw that our central Panama frogs are housed in isolation on the #FrogPOD It was hard to get a shot of all the enclosures, so I focused on these four. In these we keep Leaf Frogs (subfamily: #Phyllomedusinae ) Cruziohyla calcarifer, the Splendid Leaf Frog; C. craspedopus, the Fringed Leaf Frog; Agalychnis moreletii, the Black-eyed Leaf Frog and Agalychnis spurelli, the Gliding Leaf Frog as well as two species of Glass Frog (family: #Centrolenidae ) Sachatamia albomaculata, the White-spotted Glass Frog and Cochranella granulosa, the Granular Glass Frog. Also in this room are other phyllomedusines such as Blue-sided Leaf Frog, Agalychnis annae; Red-eyed Leaf Frog, A. callidryas; Lemur Leaf Frog, Agalychnis lemur. We also have several morphs of Dendrobates tinctorius that we breed for research, exhibits and outreach - donating many of them to vari...

Build and Maintain Captive Assurance Colonies of rare and endangered Amphibian species. I received so much positive feedback from yesterday's post ... Thank you! I thought I would write a little more on our Captive Assurance Colony program before moving on to our second major amphibian conservation initiative. This is a picture by @leilanimunter for her article titled 'The Loneliest Frog in the World' published in the Huffington Post. This is me and my son, Anthony outside of the frogPOD - the inside of the frogPOD was posted yesterday. Here is a link to the article: http://ift.tt/1RZSoae Her heartwarming and alarming article talks about the Rabbs' Fringe-limbed Tree Frog, and his being the last of his kind. For more information, please see yesterday's post, or visit the Frog Blog @ blog.frogsneedourhelp.org #FrogPOD #Panama #FrogsofPanama #Ecnomiohyla

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A few people recently have asked about the kind of research we do in the Amphibian Conservation Program @ ABG, so I thought I would answer in pictures. There are five major components of our program, but our first priority, and the reason the program started in the first place was to build and maintain #CaptiveAssuranceColonies of rare and endangered amphibians from the #neotropics and SE US. Initiative 1: Historically, we have worked with imperiled amphibian species from Costa Rica, Ecuador, Suriname, Chile and Panama and have been the first to breed many species of #GlassFrog ( #Centrolenidae ), Eyelash Marsupial Frog (#Gastrotheca), Pratt's Rocket Frog #Colostethus , Gaige's Rain Frog #Pristimantis , and one of the first to breed #Cruziohyla in captivity. One of our largest conservation efforts was our collaborative expedition to Panama in 2005 to rescue frogs from the emergent infectious disease - #chytrid (chytridiomycosis). This fungus attacks amphibians world wide and b...

So, I thought I would answer in pictures. There are five major components of our program, but our first priority, and the reason the program started in the first place was to build and maintain #CaptiveAssuranceColonies of rare and endangered amphibians from the #neotropics and SE US. Initiative 1: Historically, we have worked with imperiled amphibian species from Costa Rica, Ecuador, Suriname, Chile and Panama and have been the first to breed many species of #GlassFrog ( #Centrolenidae ), Eyelash Marsupial Frog (#Gastrotheca), Pratt's Rocket Frog #Colostethus , Gaige's Rain Frog #Pristimantis , and one of the first to breed #Cruziohyla in captivity. One of our largest conservation efforts was our collaborative expedition to Panama in 2005 to rescue frogs from the emergent infectious disease - #chytrid (chytridiomycosis). This fungus attacks amphibians world wide and back then was wiping out approximately 85% of the frogs from central Panama. The Garden, Zoo Atlanta,...

We are lucky to be able to work with both #Cruziohyla species in our Amphibian Breeding and Research Lab. Such amazing and interesting animals. #Cruziohylacalcarifer #Phyllomedusinae #LeafFrog #CaptiveBreeding

By popular request ... I had some products and prints made up on Cafe Press. Proceeds will go directly to Flatwoods Salamander Conservation!http://www.cafepress.com/mandica/13013139 Posted by Tetrapod | Mandica Illustration and Design, Inc. on  Saturday, November 14, 2015

Flatwoods Salamanders have suffered a 90% loss of historic populations since 1999. Our Amphibian Conservation Program is working to combat further declines through ex situ captive breeding and head-starting initiatives. #Ambystomacingulatum #FlatwoodsSalamanders #FlatwoodsSalamander #Ambystoma #Ambystomatidae #CaptiveBreeding #AmphibianConservation #SalamandersOfInstagram #Salamanders

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 I haven't had much time for illustration these days, but I felt inspired by the time of year and all the autumnal migrations happening right now in the salamander world, so I made some time for this one. Fall breeding salamanders are among my favorites. Marbled salamanders breed this time of year and the female lays her eggs in a dry Ephemeral pond basin. She then waits for the autumnal rains to fill the pond and inundate the eggs with water. She must leave the eggs then because Marbled Salamanders are poor swimmers and run the risk of drowning. I enjoy illustrating in Photoshop and it has helped me experiment with color - my line drawings by hand are always simply pen and ink. #ScientificIllustration #Illustration #Photoshop #MarbledSalamander #Ambystomatidae #Ambystomaopacum #Ambystoma

A spectacular species from the sub family Phyllomedusinae. #Cruziohylacraspedopus #Cruziohyla #LeafFrog #Amazon #AmazonFrogs

Hopefully, we can get this pair to spawn in the near future. A. annae is a critically endangered species from Costa Rica. We are lucky and grateful that we get to work with this species, thanks to our collaborative partners at the Manchester Museum and their amphibian conservation work in Costa Rica. #Agalychnisannae #Agalychnis #Phyllomedusinae #leaf #LeafFrog #CaptiveBreeding #CaptiveBred #EndangeredSpecies #AmphibianConservation

The fall breeders take an exceptional risk by using ephemeral wetlands that can easily freeze or dessicate over the winter so their larvae can develop in these temporary pools at times when they are not occupied by other competitive species. When the other species show up to breed in the spring, the larvae of these fall breeders are large enough to consume them as they hatch - an added bonus for the risk they are taking. Some species, such as the Marbled Salamander and Flatwoods Salamander are depositing their eggs during this time of year in dry basins, that will (hopefully) be inundated with water during autumn rains. Pictured here is a Mole Salamander, Ambystoma talpoideum which is only predicted to occur in metro Atlanta. Hopefully, we will be able to confirm their presence through our monthly amphibian surveys and monitoring program. For more information on the program, please visit maamp.us #Ambystomatalpoideum #Ambystomatids #Ambystomatidae #EphemeralWetland #MAAMP