{"id":521,"date":"2013-12-10T22:38:42","date_gmt":"2013-12-11T04:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.savedarwinsfrogs.org\/blog\/?p=521"},"modified":"2024-06-23T15:13:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T15:13:13","slug":"a-critically-endangered-frog-from-coastal-chile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savedarwinsfrogs.org\/news\/2013\/12\/10\/a-critically-endangered-frog-from-coastal-chile\/","title":{"rendered":"A critically endangered frog from coastal Chile \/ Una rana en peligro critico de extinction de la costa de Chile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There are am lot of amphibian species that are in decline in Chile.\u00a0 One species that is widely recognized as critically endangered is the Mehu\u00edn Green Frog (Insuetophrynus acarpicus<\/em>).\u00a0 We work with a biologist, Dr. Jos\u00e9 J. Nu\u00f1ez, to determine the current distribution of this species and if remaining populations have amphibian diseases.\u00a0 Several key problems threaten this species: (1) Loss of habitat is the main issue.\u00a0 Most of the coastal rainforest is gone. The few remaining tracts of forest where this species is found MUST be saved.\u00a0 (2) Emergent infectious amphibian disease has been found in the area where these frogs still exist.\u00a0 (3)\u00a0 There are few conservation programs of any kind promoting captive assurance colonies of any amphibian species in Chile aside from Darwin’s Frogs -we are doing exactly that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hay muchas especies de anfibios que est\u00e1n en declive en Chile.  Una especie ampliamente reconocida como en peligro cr\u00edtico de extinci\u00f3n es la Rana Verde de Mehu\u00edn (Insuetophrynus acarpicus).  Trabajamos con un bi\u00f3logo, el Dr. Jos\u00e9 J. Nu\u00f1ez, para determinar la distribuci\u00f3n actual de esta especie y si las poblaciones restantes tienen enfermedades de anfibios.  Varios problemas clave amenazan a esta especie: (1) La p\u00e9rdida de h\u00e1bitat es el problema principal.  La mayor parte de la selva costera ha desaparecido. Las pocas extensiones de bosque que quedan donde se encuentra esta especie DEBEN salvarse.  (2) Se ha encontrado una enfermedad infecciosa emergente de anfibios en el \u00e1rea donde todav\u00eda existen estas ranas.  (3) Hay pocos programas de conservaci\u00f3n de cualquier tipo que promuevan colonias de aseguramiento en cautiverio de cualquier especie de anfibio en Chile, aparte de las ranas de Darwin; eso es exactamente lo que estamos haciendo.<\/pre>\n\n\n
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Unfortunately, much of the coastal forests have been removed for agriculture. Desafortunadamente, gran parte de los bosques costeros han sido talados para la agricultura.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"But<\/a>
But there still are a few streams that accommodate this beautiful little frog (Insuetophrynus acarpicus<\/em>). Pero todav\u00eda quedan algunos arroyos que dan cabida a esta hermosa ranita (Insuetophrynus acarpicus)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"There<\/a>
There are fewer than six known localities where this species can still be found. Hay menos de seis localidades conocidas donde todav\u00eda se puede encontrar esta especie.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Drs.<\/a>
Drs. Fenolio (left) and Nu\u00f1ez (right) working in the field with the Mehu\u00edn Green Frog (Insuetophrynus acarpicus<\/em>). Drs. Fenolio (izquierda) y Nu\u00f1ez (derecha) trabajando en el campo con la Rana Verde de Mehu\u00edn (Insuetophrynus acarpicus).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
More to come on this endangered species and our work with it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
M\u00e1s adelante sobre esta especie en peligro de extinci\u00f3n y nuestro trabajo con ella.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There are am lot of amphibian species that are in decline in Chile.\u00a0 One species that is widely recognized as critically endangered is the Mehu\u00edn Green Frog (Insuetophrynus acarpicus).\u00a0 We work with a biologist, Dr. Jos\u00e9 J. Nu\u00f1ez, to determine…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedarwinsfrogs.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedarwinsfrogs.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedarwinsfrogs.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedarwinsfrogs.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedarwinsfrogs.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/savedarwinsfrogs.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":796,"href":"https:\/\/savedarwinsfrogs.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521\/revisions\/796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedarwinsfrogs.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedarwinsfrogs.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedarwinsfrogs.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}