Guatemala

Stories of Discoveries and Conservation Successes

In Guatemala, we are helping local NGOs to purchase and protect two areas of land important for amphibian conservation. The Motagua Valley consists of 58 Hectares of dry forest to save it from being mined, safeguarding a newly discovered species of salamander that is restricted to this area. The Sierra Caral project is leading to the protection of 2,200 hectares of one of the largest tracts of intact primary cloud forest remaining in Central America.

Beaded lizard. D. Ariano
Black iguana. D. Ariano
Swabbing a Plectrohyla matudai for the amphibian chytrid fungus. Robin Moore / iLCP
Deforestation in the Sierra Caral. Robin Moore / iLCP
Duellmanohyla soralia. Robin Moore / iLCP
Rows of tubes used to grow watermellons. Robin Moore / iLCP
Motagua Valley. Robin Moore / iLCP
New Salamander Oedipina sp. D. Ariano
Sierra Caral. Robin Moore / iLCP
Sierra Caral. Robin Moore / iLCP
Tree ferns and canopy in the Sierra Caral. Robin Moore / iLCP
Ollotis valliceps, Sierra Caral. Robin Moore / iLCP
Bolitoglossa dofleini, Sierra Caral. Robin Moore / iLCP
Duellmanohyla soralia, Sierra Caral
Plectrohyla sp. Sierra Caral. Robin Moore / iLCP