Pakistan’s amphibians need more research efforts and better protection

Amphibians are bioindicators of an ecosystem’s health and may also serve as biological control of crop and forest pests. The First Herpetological Congress, organized in 1989, presented alarming findings about the decline in amphibian populations. Currently, amphibians include the highest percentage of threatened species (>40%), as well as the highest […]

Wetland Design to Provide Future Habitat for Red-legged Frogs in Baja California, Mexico

In 2021, we received approximately 50 applications from the ASA Start-up Conservation Grants call. On the one hand, this high number of applications demonstrates there are amazing amphibian conservation projects being conducted worldwide. However, it also illustrates how many organisations are in urgent need of funding to conserve amphibians. Because […]

Pedro Peloso is a 2021 awardee of the Maxwell/Hanrahan Individual Award in Field Biology

The Amphibian Survival Alliance (ASA) is proud to inform that Dr. Pedro Peloso was selected as a 2021 awardee of a Maxwell/Hanrahan Individual Award in Field Biology!

Pedro, who is also an ASA Future Leader of Amphibian Conservation, was awarded by the Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation in recognition of the quality and […]

Survey and movement analysis of Mantidactylus pauliani in the face of landscape change for a focused conservation plan

In 2021, we received approximately 50 applications from the ASA Start-up Conservation Grants call. On the one hand, this high number of applications demonstrates there are amazing amphibian conservation projects being conducted worldwide. However, it also illustrates how many organisations are in urgent need of funding to conserve amphibians. Because […]

Presence and density estimates of the pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in different substrates

In 2021, we received approximately 50 applications from the ASA Start-up Conservation Grants call. On the one hand, this high number of applications demonstrates there are amazing amphibian conservation projects being conducted worldwide. However, it also illustrates how many organisations are in urgent need of funding to conserve amphibians. Because […]

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