Unveiling the characteristics of torrent frogs
Since the last week of March, heavy rains have been pouring in Kenya. Catastrophic floods and massive landslides, in which numerous people have lost…
Turning a childhood hobby into a career
EDGE Fellow Caleb Ofori Boateng is one of West Africa’s leading herpetologists and through his EDGE Fellowship he will now be championing the little…
Giant salamander conservation in China
Meet Fang Yan and Lv Jingcai, two EDGE Fellows who will be researching the Chinese giant salamander (CGS) in their home country of China….
Facing Mount Elgon with great optimism
EDGE Fellow Jacob starts his adventure in search of an elusive EDGE amphibian species… I cannot tell the number of times that I have…
The ‘freshwater panda’ of China
The giant panda is loved by people globally. Its characteristic black and white coat and playful nature has made it a firm favourite with…
Introducing EDGE Fellow Shu Chen
Meet Shu Chen, one of our new EDGE Fellows working on the Chinese giant salamander in her native country of China. In this introductory blog,…
Introducing EDGE Fellow Zhou Feng
My name is Zhou Feng and I come from Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China. I am really looking forward to starting my EDGE Fellowship and…
Big leap forward in breeding of top EDGE frog
For the first time, New Zealand’s critically endangered Archey’s frog – the world’s most evolutionarily distinct amphibian – has been successfully bred from a…
The First International Olm Workshop!
Since the Croatian Herpetological Society started the olm conservation project “PROTEUS” in 2011, we have hosted several very important meetings and round-table discussions within…
Species of the Week: Mazumbai Warty Frog
The Mazumbai warty frog (Callulina kisiwamsitu) has a very interesting lineage. Its family (Brevicipitidae) is a group of 26 unique frogs from Africa that…
Species of the Week: Luschan’s Salamander
The Salamandridae (“true newts and fire salamanders”) family has around 74 species that diverged from all other salamanders around 200 million years ago, evolving…
Species of the Week: Chile Mountains False Toad
Very little is known about the ecology and lifecycle of the Chile Mountains false toad (Telmatobufo venustus) except that is a member of the…
Sagalla Caecilian Conservation Makes Significant Progress in Kenya
In Kenya, the Sagalla Caecilian Conservation Project is carrying out habitat rehabilitation through planting of indigenous trees and vetiva grass in Sagalla Hill forest,…
Species of the Week: Granular Salamander
The granular salamander (Ambystoma granulosum) is a very unusual EDGE species. Belonging to the Ambystomatidae (or “mole salamander”) family, which diverged from all other…