By Jeanne Tarrant, Endangered Wildlife Trust – South Africa “Dad! There’s a frog in the kitchen!” – this was something I regularly shouted out growing up in the countryside town of Underberg in the southern Drakensberg Mountains of South Africa. The call was of course for my father to remove said creature from my midst! […]

The Amphibian Survival Alliance (ASA) and the Amphibian Specialist Group (ASG) are very pleased to announce a special issue of FrogLog dedicated to someone who is near and dear to our hearts: Phil Bishop. As you may know, Phil passed away early this year, leaving an enormous gap in amphibian conservation and an equally large […]

The Amphibian Survival Alliance (ASA) and the Amphibian Specialist Group (ASG) are very pleased to announce a special issue of FrogLog dedicated to someone who is near and dear to our hearts: Phil Bishop. As you may know, Phil passed away early this year, leaving an enormous gap in amphibian conservation and an equally large […]

Madagascar is a hotspot of amphibian species richness, with over 380 native frog species, all of which are endemic to the island. However, of those species that have been assessed by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species , over half are categorised as either threatened or Data Deficient. Mantella cowanii – Cowan’s or harlequin mantella […]