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Spotted Salamander

Salamanders of the Appalachians

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The eastern United States, specifically the Appalachians, has an extraordinary diversity of salamanders. Paul Crump, from Houston...

Building EVACC

Tour of the El Valle Amphibian Conservation Center

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The El Valle Amphibian Conservation Center (EVACC) was constructed based on the need identified by Project Golden Frog and the Amphibian...

Waiting to Go Home

Headstart Houston Toad Release

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At the end of April 2008, the final release of the 2007 Houston Toad head start program was done. 70 adult Houston toads were released at...

Toad Abode Painting

Amphibian Awareness Day

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On June 27th and 28th of 2008 the Conservation Department, in celebration of the Year of the Frog, held its first ever Amphibian Awareness...

Amphibian Booth

Big Thicket Association Bio Diversity Day

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The Thicket of Diversity is a project by the Big Thicket Association that takes scientific researchers and teams them up with citizen...

Amphibian Booth at Earth Day Weekend

Earth Day Amphibian Booth

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Earth Day weekend at the Houston Zoo was really hopping at the Amphibian Conservation Booth. Docents, volunteers and Conservation staff...

Edgardo Griffith and Jeff Corwin

Harlequin Frog Rescue Mission with Jeff Corwin!

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During the first week of April Bill Konstant Director of Conservation and Science joined with Edgardo Griffith Director of Panama's El...

Higher

Leap Day at the Houston Zoo

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On February 29th Leap Day the Houston Zoo welcomed 150 1st graders from Smith Elementary School in Pasadena ISD to help us celebrate...

Black-spotted rock frog

Amphibians of Borneo

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Peter Riger the Houston Zoo's Assistant Director of Conservation traveled to Sabah Borneo in March 2008 and accompanied Malaysian amphibian...

Edgardo Griffith- Director El Valle Conservation Center

Cerro Brewster, Panama

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Edgardo Griffith Director of EVACC and Paul Crump Reptile and Amphibian Keeper at the Houston were joined by Eric Baitchman from Zoo New...

<em> Leptodactylus zoosporangium

Chytrid Fungus

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The disease known as chytridiomycosis results when a chytridiomycete fungus called Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis "chytrid" attacks keratin...

Black-spotted Newt <em>(Notophthalmus meridionalis)

Black-spotted Newt Survey

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In February 2008 Houston Zoo's Paul Crump and Rachel Rommel joined staff from the Dallas Zoos Herpetology Department Bradley Lawrence and...

<em>Craugastor tabasarae

Critically Endangered Frogs of Panama

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These four frogs are among 19 amphibian species from Panama that are listed as Critically Endangered according to the IUCN Red List of...

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