Amphibians

Low-cost Health Screening for Amphibians in Zoo Collections

Wildlife Disease Laboratories at the San Diego Zoo’s Institute for Conservation Research are pleased to be able to offer low-cost testing for the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and Ranaviruses in zoo collections.

Infectious Disease Control and Bioresource Banking for Amphibians.

Implementing a multi-prong approach to battling the unprecedented extinction rate of amphibians around the world.

Alarming Amphibian Decline Prompts Health Screening Protocol

Scientists from around the globe work to address issues of amphibian extinction with funding from the Institute of Museum And Library Services.

Adding Amphibians to the Ark

The Frozen Zoo® at San Diego Zoo Conservation Research is a precious and irreplaceable resource. It represents one of the most important ex situ conservation efforts undertaken in the last 25 years. Presently, over 95 percent of its 7,600 accessions consist of mammalian taxa, although the most rapidly expanding components of the Frozen Zoo, in terms of new taxa, consist of avian and reptilian species.

Global Amphibian Decline and the Fungus Among Us

San Diego Zoo Conservation Research pathologists are among the leading experts on chytridiomycosis, the devastating fungal disease thought to be the leading cause of the global decline of amphibians.

Mountain Yellow-legged Frog Hopping for Survival

Representatives from California Department of Fish & Game, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are working with San Diego Zoo Conservation Research and the San Diego Zoo Herpetology Department to develop a captive breeding and translocation plan for the critically endangered mountain yellow-legged frog.

Check back regularly for additional conservation projects!