Posts by madfrogger

Why we do what we do…the temperate rainforests of Chile are some of the rarest forests on Earth – not much remains of these habitats anywhere in the world. Temperate rainforests receive more than 100 inches (254 centimeters) of rainfall…

Why we do what we do…the temperate rainforests of Chile are some of the rarest forests on Earth – not much remains of these habitats anywhere in the world. Temperate rainforests receive more than 100 inches (254 centimeters) of rainfall…

The delivery of some of our aquariums and custom built stands. La entrega de algunos de nuestros acuarios y stands personalizados.

We wanted to provide images of the delivery of one of our labs - shipping containers made into conservation breeding labs! Queríamos proporcionar imágenes de la entrega de uno de nuestros laboratorios: ¡contenedores de envío realizados en laboratorios de cría…

Any good lab needs a generator to ensure that electricity is not interrupted.  We began our development of this new lab with the purchase of an electrical generator. Cualquier buen laboratorio necesita un generador para garantizar que la electricidad no…

One species we work with is Darwin's Frog (Rhinoderma darwinii).  We have already spent much time working with this species in our other labs in Chile and we plan on introducing captive produced offspring into protected areas (contingent on permits…

Have you seen the news? ¿Has visto las noticias? The Austral University in Valdivia, Chile, has identified a site for our new amphibian conservation breeding lab - we can't wait to get started in early 2019!!  Our primary Chilean collaborator,…

We will begin development of a new conservation breeding lab in collaboration with the Roger Williams Park Zoo and the Austral University in Valdivia, Chile, in 2019 - lots of details still being ironed out but this is an important…

The Chilean Amphibian Conservation Center team had another publication come out: El equipo del Centro de Conservación de Anfibios de Chile tuvo otra publicación: Parada, D.E., D.B. Fenolio, A.P. Olivares, and J.J. Nuñez.  2017.  Insuetophrynus acarpicus Barrio, 1970 (Anura: Rhinodermatidae):…

The Chilean Amphibian Conservation Center team performed an amphibian survey along the coast of southern Chile in January. El equipo chileno del Centro de Conservación de Anfibios realizó una encuesta de anfibios a lo largo de la costa del sur…