Posts by madfrogger

Our field work in 2011 brought us back to a favorite areas of Chile…the region where the Chile Mountains False Toad lives.  We are developing captive assurance colonies of this species at the National Zoo of Chile in Santiago.  We…

Late in 2011 our field team assembled again and went out to collect frogs for our assurance colonies at the National Zoo of Chile in Santiago. Here are a few shots from that process... A finales de 2011 nuestro equipo…

We have been working in the field to collect specimens for captive assurance colonies. We have also been monitoring for emergent infectious disease. Here are a few shots from this field trip. Hemos estado trabajando en campo para recolectar especímenes…

Spring has arrived in Chile and the Darwin's Frogs in our breeding lab at the National Zoo of Chile in Santiago have started breeding earlier than last year. La primavera ha llegado a Chile y las Ranas de Darwin en…

We certainly appreciate this great newspaper article in Chile! ¡Ciertamente apreciamos este gran artículo periodístico en Chile! http://www.lun.com/Pages/NewsDetail.aspx?dt=2011-06-08&PaginaId=6&bodyid=0

We are thrilled to have had such a great article written about our recent success! ¡Estamos encantados de haber escrito un artículo tan fantástico sobre nuestro reciente éxito! http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/06/03/6780149-captive-male-frog-coughs-up-babies

For the last few months, it's been that time of year again.  The frogs in the lab have been breeding.  So far, this year has been a good year for reproductive output by the colony.   We wanted to provide a…

Cuando ahora nos paramos frente al laboratorio, todos tenemos una sensación real de logro.  El laboratorio se parece a lo que todos teníamos en mente.  El laboratorio está funcionando tal como esperábamos.  Los últimos retoques en el laboratorio han ayudado…

Introducing a species into a place where it is not native is never a good idea.  More times than not, the introduced species creates serious environmental problems.  Often times, the problems are not things that could have easily been predicted. …

With so much time in the field, we bump into all kinds of rare and infrequently seen amphibians.  Here are a few of the recent encounters... Con tanto tiempo en el campo, nos topamos con todo tipo de anfibios raros…