The Colors of Patagonia / Los Colores de la Patagonia
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Planning for field work this fall / Planificación del Trabajo de Campo este Otoño
We are back in our "war room" planning for field work this fall. We are going to target False Toad tadpoles as we continue our efforts to completely map the genome of the Chile Mountains False Toad (Telmatobufo venustus). These…
Is there anything better than setting up an expedition to find one of the rarest frogs on the planet… and then finding it? / Hay algo mejor que organizar una expedicion para encontrar una de las ranas mas raras del planeta… y luego encontrarla?
Success! Our field team has found individuals of the Chile Mountains False Toad in the field again. This encounter makes everything worth it! ¡Éxito! Nuestro equipo de campo ha encontrado nuevamente individuos del Falso Sapo de las Montañas de Chile…
Patagonian streams are amazing! / Los arroyos Patagonicos son incredibles!
While working in the field, we wanted to show you some of the streams where we are searching for False Toads..... Mientras trabajamos en el campo, queríamos mostrarles algunos de los arroyos donde estamos buscando Falsos Sapos.....
Looking for Chile Mountains False Toads in Patagonia / Buscando Sapos Falsos de las Montanas de Chile en la Patagonia
Working on our Restore & Revive grant, we are active in the mountains of Patagonia looking for the Chile Mountains False Toad (Telmatobufo venustus). This frog is easily one of the rarest amphibians on the planet! Trabajando en nuestra subvención…
Looking more closely at the whole genome of a False Toad (Telmatobufo venustus) / Observando mas de cerca el genoma completo de un Sapo Falso (Telmatobufo venustus)
Our research team landed funding to take a much more detailed look at the entire genome of the False Toads (Telmatobufo venustus). We landed funding for a grant titled, "Genome Sequencing of a Gondwana Relic in Patagonia.” Funding was provided…
Bringing school children to our labs to learn about Chile’s unique amphibians / Llevar a los escolares a nuestros laboratorios para que aprendan sobre los anfibios unicos de Chile
One of the key goals of the Patagonian Frog Conservancy is the education of Chileans about the unique community of amphibians that live in Chile's temperate rainforests. We had a group of school kids visit our labs. Everyone had a…
Another great group of animals that we encounter in the field… the crayfish / Otro gran groupo de animales que encontramos en el campo… los congrejos de rio
On one expedition, we had to cross a creek. While crossing the waterway, we found a female crayfish with newly hatched babies beneath her tail – it was amazing to see the parental care that the females of the species…
We have reorganized, rebranded, and are ready to go! ¡Nos hemos reorganizado, cambiado de marca, y estamos listos para comenzar!
Our program is 12 years old now. We have established two conservation breeding labs at the National Zoo of Chile in Santiago. We have established another conservation breeding lab in Valdivia, Chile. We wrote grant proposals and landed enough funding…
We will continue to work to conserve Chile’s amphibians through COVID! / Sequieremos trabajando para conservar anfibios de Chile a traves del COVID!
Please rest assured that during this terrible time, the biologists and conservationists with the Patagonian Frog Conservancy are working hard to write grants that will continue our efforts in the temperate rainforests of Chile. No backing down! Tenga la seguridad…