1. SAINT LOUIS ZOO WILDCARE INSTITUTE AND AMPHIBIAN CONSERVATION: ONE MODEL R. Eric Miller, DVM, Dipl. ACZM Director

2. DRAMATIC INCREASE IN THE LOSS OF SPECIES GOING, GOING……GONE

3. AMPHIBIANS – A WHOLE TAXA AT RISK

4. HOW TO MAKE AN EFFECTIVE CONTRIBUTION FOR AMPHIBIAN CONSERVATION?

5. VISIT TO ZOO ATLANTA IN FALL 2005 THANKS TO DR. JOE MENDELSON

6. BALSA DE LOS SAPOS PROGRAM DR. LUIS COLOMA CATOLICA UNIVERSITY (PUCE) IN QUITO, ECUADOR

7. ECUADORIAN AMPHIBIANS 441 SPECIES IDENTIFED TO DATE (#3 IN DIVERSITY) 40% ENDEMIC 2 SPECIES PRESUMED EXTINCT, 139 AT EXTINCTION RISK

8. AMPHIBIAN THREATS IN ECUADOR? EMERGING DISEASES HABITAT DEGRADATION AND FRACTIONATION CLIMATE CHANGE

9. ANDEAN SPECIES ARE MOST RISK CLIMATE CHANGE:.5 O C WARMER IS WORLDWIDE AVERAGE ANDES ARE 2 O C WARMER

10. BALSA DE LOS SAPOS STRENGTHEN ECUADORIAN CAPACITY FIELD RESEARCH EX SITU CONSERVATION

11. PILOT CENTER – 2 YEAR PROJECT 10 SPECIES $54,000 FROM CATOLICA UNIVERSITY $50,000 FROM SAINT LOUIS ZOO

12. BASO DE LOS SAPOS – 6 YEAR PLAN $20,000,000 US

13. SAPARI: ADVENTURA EN UN MUNDO DE SAPOS 105,000 VISITORS IN 90 DAYS TRAVEL TO US/EUROPE?

14. CATOLICA/WILDCARE PARTNERSHIP PRE-EXISTING RELATIONSHIP WITH CATOLICA IN THE GALAPAGOS “SEED” MONEY FOR FUTURE PLANS

15. CATOLICA/WILDCARE PARTNERSHIP (CONT.) COST EFFECTIVE CONSERVATION –ALSO LABOR EFFECTIVE FOR US ECUADOR DOES NOT ALLOW EXPORT OF ANIMALS, SO MUST BE IN COUNTRY –NOT ABOUT ACQUISTION BY ZOOS!

16. PHOTO CREDITS THANK YOU TO DR. COLOMA www.puce.edu.ec/zoologia/balsasapos

17. THE END