Double in Trouble: Facilitating the Rescue of Two of Africa's Most Threatened Amphibians

Abstract

The Atewa Slippery Frog (Conraua sagyimase Neira-Salamea, Ofori-Boateng, Kouamé, Blackburn, Segniagbeto, Hillers, Barej, Leaché & Rödel, 2021) and Afia Birago's Puddle Frog (Phrynobatrachus afiabirago Ofori-Boateng, Leaché, Obeng-Kankam, Kouamé, Hillers & Rödel, 2018) are two critically endangered species that persist in just a handful of sites. Scientists from Herp Conservation Ghana, the Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) are now working tirelessly to save these remaining populations from extinction and to develop protocols to safeguard the species’ future.