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We can once again confirm that the Frosted Flatwoods Salamander, Ambystoma cingulatum , is not extinct in Georgia, though we did not find many (yet) in our surveys of the last known population of the species on the East Coast — Fort Stewart Army Base, Liberty County, GA. Larval Flatwoods Salamanders are typically the target of field surveys, as they are difficult to detect in adult and egg stages. Larval Flatwoods Salamander, in situ For some background on the species status and conservation efforts, see previous blog articles on the topic here . Tobias, the Director of Research at the Amphibian Foundation, showing off the first Flatwoods Salamander he has ever detected in the wild. Ben Stegenga of the Orianne Society came to help survey. Here he is detecting his very first Flatwoods Salamander larvae. We know how he feels :) Always nice to see Little Grass Frogs , Pseudacris ocularis In situ Stegenga Occasionally, Southern Cricket Frog...

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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...

Pierson Hill of the FWC and I standing outside the FRC, the solar powered research lab which serves as part of the Amphibian Research and Conservation Center . It is here where we have built captive propagation groups of Frosted Flatwoods Salamanders in an effort to reverse the profound declines the species is experiencing throughout its range. The majority of our stock were wild-collected as eggs by Pierson and his team in Apalachicola National Forest.

The Agnes Scott Biology of Amphibians continuing education class had an incredible field outing yesterday when we joined Metro Atlanta Amphibian Monitoring Program (MAAMP) community scientist Kate Carson at a new field site in the hopes of detecting Marbled Salamanders ( Ambystoma opacum ). Jeff, Rob, Kate, Anna, Christian and Anthony on our urban expedition to find Marbled Salamanders. Earlier in the year, The Nature Conservancy inadvertently unearthed a Marbled Salamander while removing invasive plants from the park. They reached out to us at the Amphibian Foundation and we were able to confirm this was only the second confirmed sighting of the species since the MAAMP began in 2014. Marbled Salamanders are considered 'common' throughout most if its range, but have suffered significant declines in developed and urban regions, probably due to loss of their breeding and upland habitats. Ephemeral (temporary) wetland breeding amphibians only use the wetland for a few w...