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our colleague from MiAmbiente participating in the release
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Orlando Ariel checking field mesocosms - we hope to understand how tetradotoxin content of skin changes post-release using this aspect of the study.
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Post-release monitoring involves mark recapture surveys of individually identified frogs to estiomate population size. Heidi Ross and Jorge Guerrel work a terestrial transect at the release site.
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Jorge Guerrel (PARC manager of Gamboa facility), Blake Klocke (GMU PhD Candidate) and Eric Klaphake (Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Veterinarian) fit radiotracking devices onto frogs
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Eric Klaphake, one of our collaborating veterinarians and amphibian specialist from the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
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Jorge Guerrel and Orlando Garces at the Gamboa Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project facility with a car packed full of frogs before transporting them to a release site in Panama,
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Atelopus varius packed up for transportation. Each group of frogs was released on a particular transect segment.
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Atelopus varius in their critter keepers for transport
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Field release trial team
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Radiotracking
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Thermal image to evaluate frog body temperature in relation to the thermal maximum for the chytrid fungus (28C).
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Atelopus varius (captive-bred for release)