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Contents of Amphibian Ark Newsletters Contents of Amphibian Ark Newsletters Use the links on English and Español to open the selected newsletter. AArk Newsletter No 55 September 2021 English 1. Recovering the northern pool frog – England’s rarest Amphibian - Ben King, Emily Jordan and John Baker, Pool Frog Recovery Project, Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust, United Kingdom 2. AmphibiaWeb links to AArk’s Conservation Needs Assessments - Kevin Johnson, Taxon Officer, Amphibian Ark 3. Private donation supports seven amphibian programs - Kevin Johnson, Taxon Officer, Amphibian Ark 4. Amphibian Ark Conservation Grants – We’re calling for proposals! 5. Field trip to collect founders for the Gigante wrinkled ground frog conservation program - Norman A Greenhawk, Principal Investigator, Project Palaka, Philippines 6. Atelopus Survival Initiative launch Español 1. Recuperando la rana de estanque del norte, el anfibio más raro de Inglaterra - Ben King, Emily Jordan y John Baker, Proyecto de recuperación de ranas de estanque, Fideicomiso para la conservación de Reptiles y Anfibios, Reino Unido 2. Enlaces en AmphibiaWeb a las Evaluaciones de las Necesidades de Conservación de AArk - Kevin Johnson, Oficial de Taxón, Arca de los Anfibios 3. Una donación privada apoya siete programas de anfibios - Kevin Johnson, Oficial de Taxón, Arca de los Anfibios 4. Becas de Conservación del Arca de los Anfibios – ¡Estamos recibiendo propuestas! 5. Viaje de campo para colectar fundadores del programa de conservación de ranas de tierra arrugada de Gigante - Norman A Greenhawk, investigador principal, Proyecto Palaka, Filipinas 6. Lanzamiento Iniciativa de Supervivencia Atelopus AArk Newsletter No 54 June 2021 English 1. The plight of the spadefoot toad in Belgium - Loïc van Doorn, Jeroen Speybroeck, Johan Auwerx and Bruno Picavet, Research Institute for Nature and Forest, Belgium; and Lily Gora, Agency for Nature and Forest, Belgium 2. Rescuing the southernmost marsupial frog species in Argentina - Mauricio Sebastián Akmentins and Martín Boullhesen, INECOA, CONICET-UNJu, Argentina; Elena Correa, Walter Javier González Raffo, Gabriel Ferderico Rodriguez and Juan Pablo Juliá, Reserva Experimental Horco Molle, UNT, Argentina 3. Field monitoring, ex situ management and reintroduction of threatened urban amphibians of the city of Cuenca, Ecuador - Jackeline Arpi, Nataly Aguilar, Fausto Siavichay and Carlos Martínez, AMARU Amphibian Conservation Center, Ecuador 4. AArk Conservation Grant recipients - Kevin Johnson, Amphibian Ark 5. AArk Husbandry Document library Español 7. La difícil situación del sapo de espuela en Bélgica - Loïc van Doorn, Jeroen Speybroeck, Johan Auwerx y Bruno Picavet, Instituto de Investigación para la Naturaleza y los Bosques, Bélgica; y Lily Gora, Agencia para la Naturaleza y los Bosques, Bélgica 8. Rescatando la especie de rana marsupial más austral de Argentina - Mauricio Sebastián Akmentins and Martín Boullhesen, INECOA, CONICET-UNJu, Argentina; Elena Correa, Walter Javier González Raffo, Gabriel Ferderico Rodriguez y Juan Pablo Juliá, Reserva Experimental Horco Molle, UNT, Argentina 9. Monitoreo de campo, manejo ex situ y reintroducción de anfibios urbanos amenazados de la ciudad de Cuenca, Ecuador - Jackeline Arpi, Nataly Aguilar, Fausto Siavichay y Carlos Martínez, Centro de Conservación de Anfibios AMARU, Ecuador 10. Beneficiarios de la Beca de Conservación AArk - Kevin Johnson, Arca de los Anfibios 11. Biblioteca de AArk acerca de Documentos de Manejo y Cría AArk Newsletter No 53 March 2021 English 1. The effects of two calcium supplementation regimens on growth and health traits of juvenile mountain chicken frogs - Christopher J. Michaels, Cheska Servini and Benjamin Tapley, Zoological Society of London, United Kingdom 2. Developing ex situ facilities for the conservation of the Indian caecilian Gegeneophis tejaswini - Ramachandran Kotharambath, Central University of Kerala, India 3. A leap closer to survival for the Pickersgill’s Reed Frog - Ian Du Plessis, Johannesburg Zoo; Dr Adrian Armstrong, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife; Dr Jeanne Tarrant, Endangered Wildlife Trust; and Piet Lesiba Malepa, Johannesburg Zoo, South Africa 4. Managing the Achoque conservation program during pandemic lockdowns - Luis Escalera-Vázquez, Omar Domínguez-Domínguez and Rodolfo Pérez-Rodríguez, Laboratory of Aquatic Biology, Michoacan University, Mexico 5. Conservation and taxonomy go hand in hand to protect an endangered frog - Enrique La Marca, Venezuelan Amphibian Species Rescue Conservation Center (REVA) 6. Building capacity for ex situ amphibian husbandry at the Uganda Wildlife Conservation Education Centre - Dr. James Musinguzi and Dr. Watuwa James Uganda Wildlife Conservation Education Centre, Uganda; and Ian du Plessis, Johannesburg Zoo, South Africa 7. A new facility for the conservation of the Sehuencas Water Frog at Centro K’ayra of the Museo D´Orbigny - Teresa Camacho-Badani and Ricardo Zurita, Alcide d’Orbigny Natural History Museum, Centro K’ayra for Research and Conservation of Threatened Amphibians of Bolivia Español 12. Los efectos de dos regímenes de suplementos de calcio sobre el crecimiento y los rasgos de salud de ranas pollos de montaña juveniles - Christopher J. Michaels, Cheska Servini y Benjamin Tapley, Sociedad Zoológica de Londres, Reino Unido 13. Desarrollo de instalaciones ex situ para la conservación de la cecilia india Gegeneophis tejaswini - Ramachandran Kotharambath, Universidad Central de Kerala, India 14. Un salto más hacia la supervivencia para la rana de junco de Pickersgill - Ian Du Plessis, Zoológico de Johannesburgo; Dr. Adrian Armstrong, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife; Dra. Jeanne Tarrant, Endangered Wildlife Trust; y Piet Lesiba Malepa, Zoológico de Johannesburgo, Sudáfrica 15. Manejando el programa de conservación del Achoque durante la pandemia - Luis Escalera-Vázquez, Omar Domínguez-Domínguez y Rodolfo Pérez-Rodríguez, Laboratorio de Biología Acuática, Universidad de Michoacán, México 16. Conservación y taxonomía se dan la mano para proteger una rana en peligro - Enrique La Marca, Centro de Conservación Rescate de Especies Venezolanas de Anfibios (REVA) 17. Capacitación para el manejo ex situ de anfibios en el Centro de Educación para la Conservación de la Vida Silvestre de Uganda - Dr. James Musinguzi y Dr. Watuwa James Centro de Educación para la Conservación de la Vida Silvestre de Uganda, Uganda; y Ian du Plessis, Zoológico de Johannesburgo, Sudáfrica 18. Una nueva instalación para la conservación de la Rana Acuática De Sehuencas en el Centro K’ayra del Museo D´Orbigny - Teresa Camacho-Badani y Ricardo Zurita, Museo de Historia Natural Alcide d´Orbigny, Centro K’ayra de Investigación y Conservación de Anfibios Amenazados de Bolivia AArk Newsletter No 52 December 2020 English 19. Progress with Project Palaka in the Philippines - Norman Greenhawk, Project Palaka, the Philippines 20. First annual George and Mary Rabb Research Fellowship - Joseph R. Mendelson III, Scientific Advisor, Amphibian Ark and Director of Research, Zoo Atlanta, USA 21. Spindly leg syndrome is reduced by increasing calcium hardness of water used to rear tadpoles - Elliot Lassiter and Orlando Garces, Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project 22. Conservation Needs Assessments for Indian amphibians - Kevin Johnson, Taxon Officer and Luis Carrillo, Training Officer, Amphibian Ark; and Benjamin Tapley, Curator of Reptiles and Amphibians, ZSL London Zoo, England 23. Developing a conservation breeding network for threatened Vietnamese Crocodile Newts - Thomas Ziegler, Anna Rauhaus, Christian Niggemann and Joana Nicolaudius, Cologne Zoo, Germany; Marta Bernardes, Cologne University, Germany; and Truong Quang Nguyen, Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Vietnam 24. The El Rincon Stream Frog ex situ center during 2020: a difficult year that is ending with good news - Federico Kacoliris and Melina Velasco, Wild Plateau Initiative, La Plata Museum, Argentina 25. Kroombit Tinkerfrogs breed successfully at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary for the first time - Ed Meyer, Kroombit Tinkerfrog Captive Breeding Team, Australia 26. Distribution patterns of threatened amphibians in the zoo and aquarium community and a call for action - Thomas Ziegler, Cologne Zoo, Germany 27. Conservation Needs Assessments for Brazil - Cybele S. Lisboa, Iberê F. Machado, Luis F.M. da Fonte and Débora L. Silvano, IUCN Amphibian Specialist Group, Brazil; Kevin Johnson and Luis Carrillo, Amphibian Ark 28. A vision realised - Josh Brown, Assistant Manager Native Fauna and Domestic Animal, Orana Wildlife Park, New Zealand 29. The Mucuchíes Frog - an example of integrative conservation - Enrique La Marca, Rescue of Endangered Venezuelan Amphibians Conservation Center, Mérida, Venezuela 30. Diversity of amphibians in Mexico: more than half are at risk - José Antonio Ocampo Cervantes and Erika Servín Zamora, Cuemanco Biological and Aquaculture Research Center, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Xochimilco, Mexico 31. Keeping the rescue program of the southernmost marsupial frog species afloat during pandemic times - Mauricio S. Akmentins and Martín Boullhesen, Institute of Andean Ecoregions (INECOA), UNJu – CONICET, San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina Español 1. Progreso del Proyecto Palaka en Filipinas - Norman Greenhawk, Proyecto Palaka, Filipinas 2. Primera beca annual de investigación George y Mary Rabb - Joseph R. Mendelson III, Asesor Científico, Arca de los Anfibios y Director de Investigación, Zoológico de Atlanta, EE. UU. 3. El síndrome de patas
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