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AArk Newsletter No. 12, September 2010 Amphibian Ark newsletter is now Dear Kevin, available in Spanish! The Amphibian Ark team is pleased to send you the latest edition of our e- New Amphibian Ark web site newsletter. We hope you enjoy reading it. launched The Amphibian Ark Amphibian Ark mailing lists are Amphibian Ark newsletter is now available in Spanish! here! Kevin Johnson, Communications & Development Officer, Amphibian Ark We are really excited to announce that from this edition of the AArk newsletter, we Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund helps will be providing our newsletter in both English and Spanish versions. conserve Caribbean amphibians Read More >> and you can too! New Amphibian Ark web site launched Amphibian Survival Alliance Kevin Johnson, Communications & Development Officer, Amphibian Ark update The new-look Amphibian Ark web site was launched in August and we hope you will like the new site and its features. Just shoot me! - An amphibian Read More >> photography contest Amphibian health and Amphibian Ark mailing lists are here! management course in Colombia Why not join our global community of partners to exchange information on a range of subjects on our new mailing lists? Spotlight on amphibian research Read More >> in zoos Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund helps conserve The amphibian extinction crisis knows no boundaries: the U.S. Caribbean amphibians and you can too! Fish and Wildlife Service’s Kevin Zippel, Amphibian Program Director, Amphibian Ark Wildlife Without Borders - In an effort to identify conservation action for species in need, the Amphibian Ark is Amphibians in Decline Program planning a conservation needs assessment workshop for the Caribbean islands. helps save amphibians in southern Ecuador Read More >> Tiny toads tumbling towards Amphibian Survival Alliance update Tanzania Kevin Zippel, Amphibian Program Director, Amphibian Ark Kevin Zippel provides an update on the latest developments of the Amphibian The first Telmatobius offspring in Survival Alliance. the captive breeding program of Read More >> the Bolivian amphibian initiative Denver Zoo partners with Just shoot me! - An amphibian photography contest Universidad Peruana Cayetano to Amphibian Ark is planning another sensational amphibian calendar for 2012, but help save the Lake Titicaca Frog this time, we’ll be featuring your stunning photos! Read More >> Ex situ program for an ‘extinct’ Australian frog News Amphibian news from Chester Amphibian health and management course in Colombia Zoo, UK Ron Gagliardo, Training Officer, Amphibian Ark In August staff from the Wildlife Conservation Society based at the Bronx Zoo, ARKive: promoting conservation along with AArk Training Officer Ron Gagliardo ran a four-day course at the Cali through the power of wildlife Zoo focused on health and management of amphibians in captivity and in situ imagery techniques for surveying amphibians in the field. Read More >> Another great reason to visit the Oceanário – Amphibians: Interesting by nature Spotlight on amphibian research in zoos Robert Browne, AArk Research Officer, Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp, Ross Alford, ASG Research Liaison to the AArk, James Cook University, Joe Mendelson, Curator of Herpetology, World Museum Liverpool Zoo Atlanta, Kevin Zippel, Amphibian Program Director, Amphibian Ark highlights the Amphibian Ark’s conservation efforts The Amphibian Ark recently conducted a survey of global partners to better understand the amount and variety of amphibian research currently conducted in our community. This article outlines the key findings of the survey. Toad Tracking Across the Universe! Read More >> ALPZA, the Latin American The amphibian extinction crisis knows no boundaries: the U.S. Association of Zoological Parks Fish and Wildlife Service’s Wildlife Without Borders - and Aquariums, steps it up for amphibian conservation! Amphibians in Decline Program helps save amphibians in southern Ecuador An update from the Association of Carlos C. Martinez Rivera, Curator of Reptiles and Amphibians, The Philadelphia Zoo Zoos & Aquariums The US Fish and Wildlife Service’s Wildlife Without Borders - Amphibians in Decline Program will help stop the amphibian extinction crisis by funding the Amphibian Conservation Center – Mazán Forest, in southern Ecuador. Review of Costa Rican amphibians in the IUCN Red List Read More >> and evaluation of the actions from the Costa Rican Amphibian Conservation Strategy Tiny toads tumbling towards Tanzania Jennifer B. Pramuk, Curator of Herpetology, Bronx Zoo/Wildlife Conservation Society In August 2010, the Bronx and Toledo Zoos returned 100 Kihansi Spray Toads to Tanzania for the first time since they went extinct in their native habitat. This effort is the first of its kind: a reintroduction of an extinct-in-the-wild amphibian from captive stock maintained in a foreign country. Read More >> The first Telmatobius offspring in the captive breeding program Sent to you courtesy of: of the Bolivian amphibian initiative The AArk Team Arturo Muñoz Saravia, Museo de Historia Natural Alcide ďOrbigny Two hundred and fifty-six species of amphibians can be found in Bolivia: more than Kevin Zippel sixty of these are found only in Bolivia, thirty-four species are listed in the IUCN Program Director Red List and fifty-four are in the Red Book of Bolivian Vertebrates. A captive breeding component at the Museo de Historia Natural Alcide d’Orbigny includes Robert Browne Telmatobius hintoni and Telmatobius culeus. Research Officer Read More >> Ron Gagliardo Training Officer Denver Zoo partners with Universidad Peruana Cayetano to help save the Lake Titicaca Frog Richard Gibson Taxon Officer Thomas J. Weaver, Area Supervisor of Tropical Discovery, Denver Zoological Foundation In 2007 the Denver Zoological Foundation granted funding for a non-designated in Kevin Johnson situ amphibian conservation project at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Taxon Officer to help them develop a conservation program and frog reproductive facility at the Communications & Development university, and potentially an education component to alert locals of the plight of the Lake Titicaca Frog. Carlos Martinez-Rivera Read More >> Taxon Officer for Latin America Elizabeth Townsend Ex situ program for an ‘extinct’ Australian frog Administrative Assistant Michael McFadden, Unit Supervisor, Herpetofauna Division, Taronga Conservation Society Australia Taronga Zoo reports great progress with its program for the Yellow-spotted Bell Frog, which was discovered recently after being thought to have gone extinct Would you like to support AArk's before 1980. amphibian conservation work? Read More >> Click here to make a donation! Amphibian news from Chester Zoo, UK Richard Gibson, Curator Lower Vertebrates and Invertebrates, Chester Zoo Click here to download a pdf Chester Zoo has seen a number of significant events for amphibians during 2010, version of this newsletter. not the least of which is the formalisation of a permanent amphibian conservation program with dedicated core funding on an annual basis. To forward your copy of this issue Read More >> to a friend, Click here Vist our Website. ARKive: promoting conservation through the power of wildlife imagery If this email does not appear ARKive, a not-for profit initiative of UK-based NGO, Wildscreen, is leading the correctly Click Here to receive ‘virtual’ conservation effort, creating the ultimate multimedia guide to the world’s the text-only version of this threatened species using the world’s best wildlife media. newsletter Unsubscribe Read More >> Previous Editions Click here Another great reason to visit the Oceanário – Amphibians: Interesting by nature Oceanário de Lisboa In support of Oceanário de Lisboa’s increasingly comprehensive approach to global environmental conservation education, and the permanent effort to contribute directly to various conservation initiatives, a new amphibian exhibit was opened in an attempt to educate our visitors about the wonders of amphibians. Read More >> World Museum Liverpool highlights the Amphibian Ark’s conservation efforts Phil Lewis, Education Demonstrator - Aquarium & Bug House, National Museums Liverpool As part of Wild Wild World week World Museum Liverpool highlighted the Amphibian Ark’s efforts in trying to reverse the global trend in amphibian declines and extinctions via a number of presentations in the museum theatre. Read More >> Toad Tracking Across the Universe! Rachel Rommel, Conservation Programs Manager, Houston Zoo The Houston Zoo is proud to announce the completion of the first year of Toad Trackers, an interactive program which aims to teach students real world field research methods used by conservation biologists to study animal populations. Read More >> ALPZA, the Latin American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums, steps it up for amphibian conservation! Carlos C. 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