By Snehaa Sundaram and Amrit Menon, Wildlife Trust of India

Western Ghats in India, one of global biodiversity hotspots and UNESCO World Heritage site, is home to a miscellany of taxa including about 170 amphibian species, new ones continue to be discovered every year. However, the rich biodiversity of the Western […]

By Lindsay Renick Mayer, Global Wildlife Conservation

From getting the right permits, to determining the right time of year, to traversing rough terrain in treacherous weather, to figuring out where to look, the search for lost species can, at times, present an impossible challenge. And sometimes when an animal is found, […]

I started Key Conservation because I wanted a way for conservationists to be able to reach out to the world when the unexpected happened. You can’t plan for a lioness getting stuck in a snare or a GPS unit malfunctioning but they happen. For smaller conservation organizations moments like these […]

By Luis Castillo and César Aguilar, Grupo RANA and Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos

The Amable Maria Frog (Telmatobius brachydactylus) is a semiaquatic amphibian species endemic to the high Andes of the central region in Peru, occurring at altitudes between 4000 and 4600 m. According to the IUCN, the species […]

By Izabela Barata and Jeff Dawson, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust

Anodonthyla vallani and Anilany helenae are microhylid frogs only known from the vicinity of their type localities, in Ambohitantely Special Reserve, Madagascar, where they occur at high-altitude forests at around 1500 m elevation. Anodonthyla vallani is found on tree trunks several […]