New Article: Rare Frogs Located, Bred

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try this Amphibian News - Rare Frogs Breed in Captivity, Lost Species Found | That Reptile Blog

Good that they refound several frogs but many places are poorly surveyed for frogs and finding treasure troves like this happen with some regularly. Like I'm sure you know, usually because of remoteness. I just hope this forest in Haiti can be protected from habitat destruction and the Chytrid fungus.....

Very nice to hear that they finally managed successful breeding of Lake Titicaca water frog. This is a very good first step. I hope they can bring it to completion (adult frogs) and then repeat it. Also good to hear that another place bred Telmatobius hintoni. With more than 50 members in the genus that almost all are seriously threatened it appears all except the famous Lake Titicaca water frog have been overlooked by the general media (conservationists too? Anyone know of conservation projects with other species in the genus?). Perhaps less attention because they lack the bright colors of the threatened Atelopus and Mantella?

Findi, I'm sure you know but English names in most amphibians are not well established and vary a lot. You might consider adding the scientific names to the last species in the article (they're already included for the two Telmatobius in the article): La Selle grass frog=Eleutherodactylus glanduliferoides, Mozart'z frog=E. amadeus, La Hotte glanded frog=E. glandulifer, Hispaniolan ventriloquial frog=E. dolomedes, Macaya Breast-spot frog=E. thorectes, Macaya burrowing frog=E. parapelates, Hispaniola crowned frog=E. corona. A good article and the lack of scientific names is the only minor issue I noticed.

Brings attention to a subject, the decline in amphibians, that needs all the attention it can get. Mainstream media did spend some time when the "Year of the Frog" was started but it appears it fizzled out fast.

For people interesting in Telmatobius this blog is also worth checking http://bolivianamphibianinitiative.blogspot.com/ and arkive has photos of many of the species http://www.arkive.org/search.html?q...search&filter=0&getfields=*&btnG.x=0&btnG.y=0
 
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Hi,

Thanks very much for the kind words. I believe T. hintoni was bred, and agree re colorful frogs and so on - parallels the panda-whale type mentality. I expect many frogs will be "re-discovered" as you suggest. They are of course in dire straits, but I agree that not seeing them, at least as regards many species, for decades does not indicate extinction. Even very large mammals are found unexpected numbers at times (gorillas recently, in Uganda perhaps?)...I recall a few years back when Tibet's Giant Flying Squirrel was declared extinct by one over-enthusiastic expert; another researcher spread some money around in a village within the sq range and had several within a day or so...people were even using it's dried urine as a medicine!

Thanks again, best, Frank
 
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