ASG Members

The map below illustrates the region groups of the ASG worldwide. Click on a colored region to learn more about ASG members in that specific region.

The Amphibian Specialist Group is a volunteer network of more than 600 expert members. These volunteer members contribute a wide range of expertise to the group, making the ASG the global authority on amphibian research and conservation.

Zones, Regions and Countries

The Amphibian Specialist Group is subdivided into a number of smaller geographical groups representing either a country or a region. Each of these groups plays an important role in helping to implement the aims of the ASG. Regional and Country ASGs are an important contact point for researchers, conservation organizations and local governments. Information for each of these groups can be found below or on their regional webpage where available. Regional/Country ASG groups consist of a Chair who is the main contact point for that group and Members who are recognized as amphibian experts within that region. In some cases larger regions have Co-Chairs that represent individual countries. Additional roles such as Secretary also exist in some groups.

The appointing of members to Regional or Country ASG is undertaken through nomination by the Chair of that area. An individual’s nomination to the ASG will then be based on his/her interest in being part of the ASG, their willingness to contribute to the group and the ASG mission, and their expertise within the amphibian community. As within any such organization, diversity of expertise is a benefit and for that reason the nomination of seasoned herpetologists through to early stage students are actively encouraged. The ASG is not an exclusive group, however a certain level of expertise is required in order to ensure that the group maintains its role as an advisory authority in the field of amphibian conservation.

Contact emails for all chairs are provided below with a list of current members. Some regional and country groups have pages hosted on this website where you can find out more about current activities in those areas. For questions regarding specific countries or regions please contact the Chairs directly.

1 – North and Central America and the Caribbean

Canada

Chair: David Green

Members: Kristiina Ovaska, Ross MacCulloch, Amy Lathrop, Mary E. Gartshore.

Caribbean

Co-Chairs: Rafael Joglar and Patricia Burrowes

Members: Jennifer Daltry, Nigel Jones, Meckeith George, Trevorne Douglas, Charles Watty, Bertrand Baptiste, Stephen Durand, Kelvin Felix, Arlington James, McDonald Greenaway, Lennox St. Aimee, Angin Baptiste, Gerardo García, Andrew Cunningham, Ian Stephen, Benedicte Chanteur, James Daley, Richard Thomas, Blair Hedges, Robert Powell, Mel Rivera, Miguel García, Sixto Inchaustegui, Ariel Rodríguez, Sondra Vega, Susan Koenig, Christopher Magin, Cielo Figueroa, Hinrich Kaiser, Byron Wilson, José Herrera, Carlos Pacheco, Fernando Bird, Daniel Dávila, Adriana Montes, Alberto López, Alberto Puente, Brittany Barker, Beatrice Ibene, Ana Longo, Andrés Rodríguez, John Fa, Jan Zegarra, Marcelino Hernández, Antonio García, Luis Díaz, Michel Breuil, Alejandreo Ríos, Jerry Hardy, Héctor Claudio, Gail Ross, Maria Isabel, Herrera Montes, Alberto Estrada-Acosta, Frank Clarke, Bruce Walters, Alwin Dornelly, Glenroy Gaymes, Adrian Hailey, Richard Gibson.

Costa Rica

Chair: Federico Bolanos

Members: Adrián García, Alan Pounds, Brian Kubicki, Bruce Young, Gerardo Chaves, Héctor Zumbado, Jose Hernández, Robert Puschendorf, Yolanda Matamorros.

Guatemala and Belize

Chair: Jonathan A. Campbell

Members: Jan Meerman, Paul Walker, Manuel Acevedo, Carlos Vasquez.

Honduras

Chair: Franklin Castañeda

Members: #Gustavo Cruz, James McCranie.

Mexico

Chair: Luis Conseco

Members: Antonio Muñoz Alonso, Gabriela Parra, Georgina Santos Barrera, Oscar Flores, Flores-Villela, Rogelio Cedeño Vázquez.

Nicaragua

Members: Javier Sunyer.

Panama

Chair: Roberto Ibáñez

Members: César Jaramillo, Frank Solis, Karen Lips, Querube Fuenmayor.

USA

Co-Chairs: Mike Lannoo and Geoff Hammerson

Members: Allen Allison, Alvin Braswell, Andrew Odum, Charles Painter, Christopher Beachy, Christopher Pearl, Christopher Phillips, Dale Jackson, David Bradford, David Wake, Donald Shepard, Dwight Lawson, Elizabeth Scott, Erik Smith, Erik Wild, Erin Muths, Gary Fellers, H Shaffer, Hartwell Welsh , Jay Savage, Jef Jaeger, John Cadle, John Jensen, John Palis, Jonathan Kolby, Joseph Mendelson, Joseph Mitchell, Julian Faivovich, Kelly Irwin, Kenneth Dodd, Larry Wilson, Linda LaClaire, Mark Bailey, Martha Crump, Marvalee Wake, Matthew Parris, Maureen Donnelly, Michael Adams, Michael Sredl, Mills Tandy, Muhammad Sharif Khan, Norman Scott, Paul Chippindale, Paul Moler, Peter Beerli, Philip Bowles, R Bruce Bury, Randy Jennings, Richard Zweifel, Richard Siegel, Robert Clifton Drewes, Robert Herrington, Robert Reynolds, Robert Stuebing, Ronald Crombie, Ronald Nussbaum, Roy McDiarmid, Sean Blomquist, Stephen Richter, Steve Anderson, Steve Morey, Ted Kahn, Theodore Papenfuss, Tiffany Kosch, Tom Mann, Travis Ryan, Vance Vredenburg, Victor Morales, W. Ronald Heyer, William Duellman.

2 – South America

Argentina

Chair: Esteban Lavilla

Members: Adolfo Martino, Boris Blotto, Carmen Adria Ubeda, Clarissa Bionda, Diego Baldo, Ismael di Tada, J. Barrionuevo, Jorge Cespedez, Marcos Vaira, Mauricio Akmentins, Nestor Basso, Rafael Lajmanovich, Romina Ghirardi, Valeria Corbalán.

Bolivia

Chair: Mayra Maldonado

Members: Claudia Cortez Fernandez, Ignacio De la Riva, José Padial, Steffen Reichle.

Brazil and Guiana Shield

Co-Chairs: Magno Segalla and Marcio Martins

Members: Carlos Alberto Goncalves da Cruz, Celio Haddad, Debora Silvano, Luciana Nascimento, Marinus Hoogmoed, Paulo Christiano de Anchietta Garcia, Philippe Kok, Renato Feio, Rogerio Bastos, Ulisses Caramaschi.

Chile

Chair: Alberto Veloso

Members: Claudio Soto Azat, Helen Diaz Paez, Herman Nunez, Jose Nunez, Juan Carlos Ortiz, Ramon Formas.

Colombia

Chair: Jose Vicente Rueda

Members: Adolfo Amezquita, Alberto Cadena, Alonso Gil, Alvaro Andres Velasquez Alvarez, Andres Rymel Acosta-Galvis, Beatriz Velasquez, Brian Bock, Claudia Juliana Cala, Fernando Castro, Francisco José López, German Corredor, Jenny Urbina, Jesús Eduardo Ortega Chinchilla, John Lynch, Jonh Jairo Mueses-Cisneros, Jorge Gualdron, Jorge Restrepo, Juan Renjifo, Julio Hoyos, Manuel Bernal, Marco Rada, Maria Cristina Ardila-Robayo, Mariela Osorno, Martha Patricia Ramirez, Mauricio Rivera-Correa, Nicolas Urbina-Cardona, Pedro Galvis, Sandy Arroyo, Santiago Sanchez, Victor Luna, Vivian Paez, Wilmar Bolivar, Yimi Guerrero.

Ecuador

Chair: Santiago Ron

Members: Ana Almendariz, Andres Merino-Viteri, David Cannatella, Diego Almeida, Diego Cisneros-Heredia, Eduardo Toral, Fernando Nogales, Juan Guayasamín, Luis Coloma, Maricio Ortega, Mario Yanez-Munoz, Martin Bustamante, Pablo Menendez.

Paraguay

Chair: Martha Motte

Members: Andrea Weiler de Albertini, Francisco Brusquetti, Karina Nuñez, Lucy Aquino, Pier Cacciali.

Peru

Chair: Rudolf von May

Members: Icochea, Alessandro Catenazzi, Antonio W. Salas, Cesar Aguilar Puntriano, Claudia Torres, Daniel R. Neira Herrera, Edgar Lehr, German Chavez, J. Amanda Delgado Cornejo, Jesus Cordova Santa Gadea, Jorge Luis Martinez Ruiz, Juan Carlos Chaparro, Juana Suarez, Karen Siu Ting, L. A. Giussepe Gagliardi Urrutia, Lily Rodriguez, Margarita Medina-Müller, Pablo Venegas, Victor Morales, Wilfredo Arizabal.

Uruguay

Co-Chairs: Jose Langone and Rafael de Sa

Venezuela

Chair: Cesar Molina

Members: Abraham Mijares-Urrutia, Cesar Barrio, Enrique La Marca, Fernando Runjaic, Josefa Senaris, Juan Garcia-Perez, Margarita Lampo.

3 – Europe, North Africa and West Asia

Europe and N. Africa

Co-Chairs: Inigo Martinez-Solano and Richard Podloucky

Members: Agnieszka Ogrodowczyk, Alain Dubois, Alfonso Leiva, Alfredo Salvador, Angus Carpenter, Annamaria, Nistri, Annemarieke Spitzen, Arne Schiotz, Avital Gasith, Axel Kwet, Benedikt Schmidt, Brandon Anthony, Carmen Diaz Paniagua, Claude Miaud, Claudia Corti, Dan Cogalniceanu, David Donaire-Barroso, David Gower, El Hassan El Mouden, Emilio Balletto, Engin Gem, Ernesto Recuero Gil, Gad Degani, Gunther Köehler, Güven Eken, Ismail Ugurtas, Istvan Kiss, Jaime Bosch, Jean Lescure, Jean-Luc Perret, Jeanne McKay, Jelka Crnobrnja-Isailovic, Jesus Manzanilla, Jiri Francek, Joan Mayol Serra, Johannes Penner, John Charles Poynton, Jon Loman, Jose Antonio Mateo Miras, Juan Manuel Pleguezuelos, Justin Gerlach, Karl-Heinz Jungfer, Lanza Benedetto, Malcolm Largen, Manfred Beier, Marc Cheylan, Maria Ogielska, Mario Garcia-Paris, Mark Wilkinson, Mathieu Denoel, Max Sparreboom, Miguel Lizana Avia, Miguel Tejedo, Miklos Puky, Milan Vogrin, Murat Sevinc, Nicholas Arnold, Olivier Pauwels, Paul Edgar, Paulo Sá-Sousa, Pedro Beja, Per Nystrom, Petros Lymberakis, Philippe Gaucher, Philippe Geniez, Pierre-Andre Crochet, Pim Arntzen, Rafael Marquez, Rastko Ajtic, Renaud Boistel, Richard Griffiths, Richard Tinsley, Robert Jehle, Robert Schabetsberger, Roberta Lecis, Said Nouira, Sherif Baha El Din, Sterijovski Bogoljub, Tahar Slimani, Tim Halliday, Trent Garner, Trevor Beebee, Ulrich Joger, Ulrich Sinsch, Valentin Pérez-Mellado, Daniel Escoriza.

West Asia (Turkey, the Levant countries, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait and the Arabian peninsula)

Chair: Riyad Sadek

Members: Ahmad Disi, Andrew Gardner, Bartosz Borczyk, Eldad Elron, Kurtulus Olgun, Mattias Stoeck, Mohammad Reza Khan, Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani, Sarig Gafny, Souad Hraoui-Bloquet, Tatjana Dujsebayeva, Tibor Kovacs, Tuba Kilic, Wieslaw Babik, Yehudah Werner.

4 – Sub-Saharan Africa

East Africa

Chair: David Moyer

Members: Charles Msuya, Kim Howell, Lovermore Mazibuko, Martin Pickersgill, Michele Menegon, Patrick Malonza, Simon Loader, Stefan Lötters, Tim Davenport, Victor Wasonga.

Madagascar

Co-Chairs: Herilala Randramahazo and Franco Andreone

Members: Bertrand Razafimahatratra, Ché Weldon, Christian Randrianantoandro, Christopher Raxworthy, Denis Vallan, Falitiana Rabemananjara, Franco Andreone, Frank Glaw, Harison Randrianasolo, Herilala Randriamahazo, Jasmin Randrianirina, Jean Ramanamanjato, Jörn Köhler, Miguel Vences, Mirana Anjeriniana, Nirhy Rabibisoa, Olivier Behra, Tokihery Razafindrabe.

Southern Africa (Lesotho, Namibia, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola and Malawi)

Chair: Alan Channing

Members: Andrew Turner, Atherton DeVilliers, Donald Broadley, James Harrison, John Measey, Krystal Tolley, Leslie Minter, Louis Du Preez, Marius Burger, Michael Cunningham, Werner Conradie.

West/Central Africa

Chair: Marc-Oliver Rödel

Members: Abiodun Onadeko, Andreas Schmitz, Annika Hiller, Caleb Ofori-Boateng, David Blackburn, Gabriel Segniagbeto, Joseph Doumbia, Legrand Gonwouo, Martins Aisien, N’Goran Kouamé, Thierry Fretey.

5 – Mainland Asia

China

Co-Chairs: Pipeng Li and Feng Fei

Members: Baorong Geng, Baotian Yang, Bosco Chan, Changyuan Ye, Chen Chao, Cheng Li, Daode Yang, Datong Yang, Dingqi Rao, Ermi Zhao, Gang Liang, Guangfu Wu, Haitao Shi, Hua Wu, Huiqing Gu, Jiangping Jiang, Jingxian Yao, Liang Fei, Lijun Wang, Michael Lau, Rongquan Zheng, Shengquan Li, Shiping Gong, Shunqing Lu, Wenge Zhao, Wenhao Chou, Xiaohong Chen, Xiuling Wang, Yiming Li, Yuezhao Wang, Yunming Mo, Yuyan LU, Zhigang Yuan, Zhihua Lin, Zhonghua Zheng.

Former USSR & Mongolia

Chair: Sergius Kuzmin

Members: Andrei Reshetnikov, Anna Bagaturova, David Tarkhnishvili, Irina Maslova, Kh. Terbish, Mikhail Bagaturov, Olga Leontjeva, Roman Khalikov, Ruslan Novitsky, Sergei Lyapkov, Tatyana Duisebaeva, Valentina Kuranova, Vladimir Ishchenko, Yurii Manteifel, Artem A. Kidov.

Japan

Chair: Masafumi Matsui

Members: Yoshio Kaneko.

Korea

Co-Chairs: Daesik Park and Robert Kaplan

Members: Bruce Waldman, Jae-Hwa Suh, Jae-Young Song, Jong-Bum Kim, Jung-Hyun Lee, Min-Ho Chang, Mi-Sook Min, Nam-Yong Ra, Sang-Cheol Lee.

South Asia (minus Sri Lanka)

Co-Chairs: Karthik Vasudevan and Sanjay Molur

Members: A.D. Padhye, Anil Zachariah, David Bickford, Gopalakrishna Bhatta, Jigme Palden, K Dinesh, Kamrul Dolon, Kartik Shanker, Kaushik Deuti, Lue Kuangyang, Masagoundanur Sengodan Ravichandran, Mohammad Firoz Ahmed, Mohini Borah, Oommen Vilaverthottathil Oommen, Pranabes Sanyal, Pranjalendu Ray, Rajendra Vyas, Roy Debjani, S.D. Biju, S.P. Vijayakumar, Sabitry Bordoloi, Saibal Sengupta, Srinivasulu Chelmala, Subramanian Bhupathy, Suprio Chakma, Surya Adoor, Sushil Dutta, Tej Kumar Shrestha, Varad Giri, Vivek Gour-Broome.

Sri Lanka

Co-Chairs: Anslem de Silva and Madhava Meegaskumbura

Members: Suyama Meegaskumbura, A. Ahamed, A. Amerasinghe, Abyerami Balasubramanium, Ajantha Palihawadana, D. Karunarathna, Deepthi Wickramasinghe, Gayan Bowatte, I. Bandara, Kanishka Ukuwela, Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi, M. Samarawickrama, Mayri Wijeshinge, Mendis Wickramasinghe, Mohomed Bahir, Nayana Kumara, Nimal Rathnayake, Ranjith Weerawardhena, Renuka Bandaranayake, Rupika Rajakaruna, Sudesh Batuvita, Vidana Samarawickrama.

Mainland S.East Asia (Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam)

Members: Alex Kupfer, Alexandre Teynie, Anchalee Aowphol, Annemarie Ohler, Bob Murphy, Bryan Stuart, Chung Ngo, Cuc Ho, Cuong Pham, Dao Tran, David Emmett, David Kizirian, David McLeod, Dung Le, Duong Le, George Zug, Guinevere Wogan, Hidetoshi Ota, Jeffery Wilkinson, Jennifer Daltry, Jens Vindum, Jodi Rowley, Kumthorn Thirakhupt, Kyi Soe Lwin, Lee Grismer, Nikolai Orlov, Peter Paul van Dijk, Raoul Bain, Robert Inger, Somphouthone Phimmachak, Stéphane Grosjean, Tanya Chan-ard, Tao Nguyen, Thomas Ziegler, Truong Nguyen, Wayne Devender, Wichase Khonsue, Wolfgang Boehme, Yodchaiy Chuaynkern.

Laos and Cambodia

Deputy Chair: Bryan Stuart

Vietnam

Deputy Chair: Nguyen Quang Truong

Thailand

Deputy Chair: Yodchaiy Chuaynkern

Myanmar

Deputy Chair: Guinevere Wogan

6 – Maritime Southeast Asia and Oceania

Australia

Chair: Ross Alford

Members: Arthur White, Conrad Hoskin, David Hunter, David Newell, Ed Meyer, Eric Wapstra, Francis Lemckert, Graeme Gillespie, Harold Cogger, Harry Hines, J. Roberts, James Menzies, Jean-Marc Hero, John Clarke, Keith McDonald, Ken Aplin, Liz Dovey, Luke Shoo, Margaret Considine, Michael Mahony, Michael Scroggie, Michael Tyler, Murray Littlejohn, Paul Doughty, Paul Horner, Peter Brown, Peter Robertson, Richard Retallick, Rohan Pethiyagoda, Ross Goldingay, Roy Swain, Sarah May, Skye Wassens, Sylvana Mass, William Osborne

Indonesia

Chair: Djoko Iskandar

Members: Mumpuni, David Price, Djong Hon Tjong, Hellen Kurniati, Mirza Kusrini, Umilaela Arifin.

Melanesia

Chair: Stephen Richards

Members: Clare Morrison, Dick Watling, Fred Kraus, Fred Parker, Patrick Pikacha.

New Zealand

Chair: Phil Bishop

Members: Ben D. Bell, Mandy Tocher.

Philippines

Chair: Arvin Diesmos

Members: Abigail Garcia, Abner Bucol, Angel Alcala, Cameron Siler, Edmund Leo Rico, Elsa May Delima, Leticia Afuang, Mae Lowe Diesmos, Marites Sanguila, Rafe Brown, Rubie Causaren.

Malaysia

Chair: Jeet Sukumaran

Members: Anna Wong, Indraneil Das, Maklarin Lakim, Norsham Yaakob, Paul Yambun Imbun.

Singapore

Chair: Leong Tzi Ming