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Long-term monitoring of Darwin's frog populations (Rhinoderma darwinii)

Southern Darwin's frog (Rhinoderma darwinii)

Project Description

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Since 2014, we have maintained a long-term monitoring programme of various local populations of the Southern Darwin’s frog (Rhinoderma darwinii) throughout the entire range of this species. We currently monitor four locations: Contulmo (Nahuelbuta Mountain Range), Neltume (Andes Mountain Range), Inio (Isla Grande de Chiloé), and Melimoyu (Aysén Fjords). This long-term project, unique in the study of Chilean amphibians, provides crucial information to understand the dynamics of wild populations of this species. This data is essential for detecting abnormal situations that may threaten its conservation, as well as for designing management and recovery actions for the wild populations of our beloved Darwin’s frog. This project has been fundamental in the development of the Binational Strategy for the Conservation of Darwin’s Frogs.

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Collaborators

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Publications associated with the project

Date: Valenzuela-Sánchez A et al. (2018) Long-term monitoring of Darwin's Frog populations (Rhinoderma darwini) in the Contulmo Natural Monument and Contulmo Forest Reserve. Report period 2014-2018. NGO Frog from Darwin, Chile.
 

Date:IUCN Amphibian Specialist Group Chile (2018) Binational Conservation Strategy for Darwin's Frogs. Santiago, Chile.

Date:Valenzuela-SĆ”nchez A et al. (2017) Cryptic disease-induced mortality may cause host extinction in an apparently stable hostā€“parasite system. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284: 20171176.

Date: Alvarado-Rybak et al. (2018) High prevalence of chigger mite infection in a forest-specialist frog.
with evidence of parasite-related granulomatous myositis. Parasitology Research 117: 1643ā€“1646

Date: Uribe-Rivera DE et al. (2017) Dispersal and extrapolation on the accuracy of temporal predictions from distribution models for the Darwin's frog. Ecological Applications 27: 1633–1645

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