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Heres of Influence Are Not Awaken and Positive Action Decisively Taken Quickly to Save Species Then Ever Increasing Species and Habitats Will Continue to Decline Issue number 107 (July 2013) ISSN: 1026-0269 eISSN: 1817-3934 Volume 21, number 3 www.amphibians.orgFrogLog Promoting Conservation, Research and Education for the World’s Amphibians The Global Bd Mapping Project Awareness and Citizen-based Initiatives Sabin Award Recent Publications And Much More. Boophis pyrrhus. Photo by: Jörn Köhler Amphibian Urban Amphibians Survival Alliance and the Challenges Website They Face FrogLog 21 (3), Number 107 (July 2013) | 1 FrogLog CONTENTS 3 Editorial NEWS FROM THE AMPHIBIAN COMMUNITY 4 ASG Membership Update 8 A New Association for Amphibian Conservation to 4 Online Action Plan Library Continues to Grow Accelerate Progress and Assist the Amphibian Specialist Group Madagascar 5 Updates from Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust 9 The Survival of the Earth Depends on Frogs 5 New Amphibian Survival Alliance Website 10 Formation of the Global Ranavirus Consortium 6 Symposium: The Global Amphibian Conservation Action Plan: Connecting systems, disciplines and stakeholders 12 Camouflage and the Amphibia to save amphibians worldwide 15 The Global Bd Mapping Project: Update 2013 REGIONAL FOCUS — Africa, West Asia, Madagascar, Mediterranean and Europe 17 Dramatic Decline of Fire 35 WWF’s Program for Amphibian 49 Early Detection of Amphibian Salamander Populations Wetlands in Finland Chytrid Fungus in Madagascar is (Salamandra salamandra 36 Successful Breeding of Neurergus Possible Through International terrestris) in the Netherlands kaiseri in the Gerhart-Hauptmann Wildlife Trade Surveillance 19 Great Crested Newts (Triturus Secondary-School Gelsenkirchen, 50 The Harlequin Mantella Mantella cristatus): Juvenile Terrestrial Germany cowanii in Antoetra Region, High Ecology 38 Awareness and Citizen-based Plateau of Madagascar: New Steps 21 Salamandra algira spelaea: A Initiatives in Madagascar Boost in Conservation Vanishing Salamander to Protect the Conservation of its Endemic 52 Saving a Frog Leads to Increased 23 NaturaServis s. r. o.: Successful Amphibians Livelihoods and Pride in Story from the Czech Republic 41 Ngome Forest, Kwazulu-Natal, Fohisokina 24 Life History and Conservation of South Africa: Long Term Survey of 54 Ongoing Atlasing of the Spadefoot Toads (genus Pelobates) Amphibians Amphibians in Southern Africa: in Romania 43 Reptile and Amphibian Program— The FrogMAP Virtual Museum 27 Aridification, Phenotypic Plasticity Sierra Leone 57 Jumping in to Frog Conservation: A and the Fate of Mediterranean 44 Unsutainable Hunting Jeopardizes New Program for the Endangered Amphibians the Future of Edible Frogs in Wildlife Trust, South Africa 30 Urban Amphibians and the Cameroon—What Can Local NGOs 59 African Amphibians Lifedesk: An Challenges they Face: Connectivity Do? Online Gateway for Information of a Small Community of 46 Tapping into Amphibian Regarding African Amphibians Amphibians During Spring Conservation Migration in Leeuwarden, the 48 African Journal of Herpetology Netherlands Celebrates John Poynton Recent Publications 61 | Meetings 68| Internships & Employment 68 Funding Opportunities 69 | Author Instructions 71 2 | FrogLog 21 (3), Number 107 (July 2013) Editorial FrogLog ASG Secretariat mphibian conservation, particularly among vertebrates, is encompassing ever increas- ing importance and urgency worldwide. The rally call is emanating out to all those Claude Gascon A with an interest in this unique class of vertebrates and increasingly groups are assem- ASG Co-Chair bling to fight for their importance as species and document, defend, salvage and recover their loss—a testament to these efforts can be seen in every issue ofFrogLog . Phillip J. Bishop As knowledge of their declines grows and people become more educated of their particular ASG Co-Chair causes this often elicits efforts to become involved. It cannot always be burdened upon experts (always a limited resource) to take action but more and more a concerted effort between stake- Robin D. Moore holders (professional and nonprofessionals a like) to help move a worldwide conscience for animal conservation and habitat protection efforts (e.g., for this issue see articles starting on ASG Program Officer pages 34, 48 and 55, among others). Candace M. Hansen We as a world community must awaken to the stark reality of what is happening in the world around us and the continued loss of animal species and habitats. The fight is clear: if individu- ASG Program Officer als, groups and greater spheres of influence are not awaken and positive action decisively taken quickly to save species then ever increasing species and habitats will continue to decline. We James P. Lewis the human species, have a moral responsibility to clearly see what it is we want to become as a ASG Program Officer world. The vision needs to be clear and progress measured in reasonable ways and involvement by all stakeholders and interested individuals maximized for the protection and securing of Sally Wren animal populations and habitats globally. ASG Program Officer The Earth and its life live in the greatest and the most challenging times of its history. Hu- mankind has the ability and means for vast changes and improvement for a more desirable Ariadne Angulo world which includes protection for species great and small. FrogLog is a tremendous beacon Amphibian RLA Coordinator and guidepost for change and involvement from the amphibian conservation macrocosm. Read FrogLog, pass it to others, and become involved in more meaningful ways. We all have Jennifer Luedtke our talents; please contact those in need through the pages of FrogLog and lend a hand; you will Amphibian RLA Deputy be glad you did. Pick you fights and pick them well. Do you have a favorite group, species or Coordinator habitat? Then learn and spread your passion until your sphere of influence believe as you do. This is not an easy task, but nothing worthwhile ever is easy. But more importantly, never ever give up, and continue in your fight for protection of beauty in all the world. The staff of FrogLog, the Amphibian Specialist Group (ASG) and Amphibian Survival Alliance (ASA) will be your inspiration and guides as we do this noble task of Earth protection together—saving amphibian species and all life on Earth for generations to come! Humankind holds the future of biodiversity in its hands; let all the world come together to help make a favorable future, with greater diversity and opportunities for all life. FrogLog Editorial Board Join with us in this action. Editor-in-chief Candace M. Hansen Craig Hassapakis Editors Editor, FrogLog Craig Hassapakis James P. Lewis Editorial Office Global Wildlife Conservation PO Box 129, Austin, TX 78767, USA [email protected] Please consider the environment before printing this publication. FrogLog 21 (3), Number 107Reduce, (July reuse, 2013) recycle. | 3 NEWS FROM THE AMPHIBIAN COMMUNITY ASG Membership Update he membership of the ASG continues to grow with a num- are coordinating efforts with the Amphibian Survival Alliance to ber of new and renewing members added to the list since turn research into action through the Alliance partnership. A fur- T the last publication of FrogLog. We are pleased to welcome ther, more comprehensive update on the Working Groups will be onboard the following people: Sally Wren, Reid Tingley, Muham- provided in the next edition of FrogLog. mad Rais, Tom Devitt, Craig Hassapakis, Mohsen Kalboussi, David Prior to working with the ASG Sally spent several years at the B. Wake, Stephen Mahony, Gonçalo M. Rosa, Justin Nowakowski, Zoological Society of London; there she carried out IUCN Red List Neil D’Cruze, Cristian Marte, Michael Bungard, Denis Vallan, Mark assessments of freshwater fish and reptile species for the Red List Scherz, Nicolas Dubos, Andolalao Rakotoarison and Carl R. Hutter. Index, helped develop the EDGE Amphibians project, and man- If you are interested in joining the ASG or know someone who is aged both the EDGE Fellows Program, which provides financial not yet a member but can contribute to our efforts please feel free to support and training for aspiring conservationists from developing contact ASG Program Officer James Lewis countries, and ZSL’s Mongolia Program. ([email protected]). Sally has a BSc in Zoology from Imperial In addition to recently joining the ASG College London, an MSc in Conservation as a member, Sally Wren has also taken on from University College London, and is cur- the role of a Program Officer. Program Offi- rently working towards a PhD at the Univer- cers within the ASG donate approximately sity of Otago, which focuses on improving eight hours a week to helping develop a conservation methods for the native New specific element of the group. Sally’s role Zealand frogs (Leiopelma spp). within the ASG is to help coordinate the If you would like to learn more about the creation and updating of the Amphib- ASG Working Groups Sally can be contacted ian Conservation Action Plan (ACAP) at [email protected]. into a living document. This process is well under way with the establishment of 13 Working Groups covering a range of thematic areas from habitat protection to genome banking. The Working Groups Online Action Plan Library Continues to Grow he amphibians.org Action Plan library continues to grow thanks to help from supporters around the world. Since T the last edition of FrogLog we have added 23 new Actions Plans to the library from Europe and Africa. All of these plans plus many others can be found at http://www.amphibians.org/ publications/national-action-plans/ . If you know of any plans that are not included in the library we would love to hear about them. Please contact James Lewis ([email protected]) or Candace Hansen (cmhansen@am- phibians.org). 4 | FrogLog 21 (3), Number 107 (July 2013) Updates from Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust By Andrew Terry urrell Wildlife Conservation Trust is pleased to announce The conservation of amphibians is one of Durrell’s core focuses the appointment of their new Amphibian Program Of- and the program will seek to work in regions that have been identi- D ficer, Jeff Dawson.
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