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State Biologists and Herpetologists for Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Daniel Sollenberger (left) and Thomas Floyd in the Flatwoods Salamander Lab at the Amphibian Foundation. Daniel holding one of our adult Frosted Flatwoods Salamanders. This particular animal was reared from wild-collected larvae detected at Fort Stewart, GA in 2015. Daniel Sollenberger from GA DNR has recently taken over for John Jensen, who is now retired. We look forward to continued partnership with Daniel and GA DNR as we work together to protect Georgia's most imperiled amphibian species. John continues to serve on the Foundation's Scientific Advisory Board, and we are grateful we can stay connected with him in this fight.

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With the support of our partners at the Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy , we were able to make another trip this season to Fort Stewart, GA to search for the endangered Frosted Flatwoods Salamander ( Ambystoma cingulatum ). Other partners on the project are the US Army, GA DNR and USFWS. If you didn't see our post a few weeks ago, Fort Stewart has the last known population of Atlantic clade Frosted Flatwoods Salamanders on the planet. ( click here to see 'Part 1' of the story ). We have been working with Fort Stewart Biologists Larry Carlile, Tim Beaty and Roy King on identifying where on the base these salamanders are still present, as well as collecting a portion of the larvae for the establishment of the world's only captive propagation colony for the species. This time, we were also assisted by students from my Biology of Amphibians class at Agnes Scott , as well as dedicated Ft Stewart staff and USFWS. The first detection of the year award goes to Miran...

If you only know one thing about the Amphibian Foundation, I hope it is that our highest priority research program focuses on the conservation of the Frosted Flatwoods Salamander , Ambystoma cingulatum . After all, our logo is a larval Flatwoods Salamander! AF is working hard to develop a captive propagation program for the species, and currently holds the only captive colony in the world. This captive propagation colony is a small, but important part of a larger recovery program that involves many talented and dedicated partners. We are all working together on a complex problem that is the catastrophic decline of the Flatwoods Salamander. A wild caught larval Frosted Flatwoods Salamander from Fort Stewart, Liberty County, GA USA Flatwoods Salamanders were once common throughout the coastal plain of the southeastern US — from South Carolina southward through the coastal plain and then across Florida into the panhandle. Since 2000, however, Flatwoods Salamanders have declined...