#eupsophus

[frogs-from-bogs]

Eupsophus altor by Felipe Rabanal

[toadschooled]

The rosy ground frog [also known as the Contulmo toad, Eupsophus roseus] is a species endemic to Chile. These frogs are most often found in high humidity environments, especially near rivers, swamps, and freshwater marshes. Images by Bert Willaert.

[fatehbaz]

More Big Frog News from the Chilean coast: A population of critically endangered Barrio’s frog is found alive; the species is an emblem of the sensitivity and biodiversity of the Valdivian temperate rainforest, and the frog is publicized by local conservation groups as an iconic species. (Kind of like the temperate rainforest of Aotearoa, Valdivia’s forest has a really high rate of endemic species because of its geographic isolation from all other temperate forest biomes in the world. There are 81 endemic reptiles species and 37 endemic amphibian species that only live within 100 kilometers of the Pacific coast, between Atacama in the north and Tierra del Fuego in the south - a count that does not include the other species which live both on the Chilean coast and outside the country’s political borders. Many endemic species, especially plants, are limited to Valdivia’s rainforest. The relative harshness of climate in the Atacama Desert to the north, sub-Antarctic seas to the south, and Andes/Patagonia to the east make Valdivian rainforest a really special “island” of life.)

The article wasn’t available online in English for a while (originally submitted for publishing in 2012).

[Yellow markers are previously-known frog populations; red marker is the new site.]

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Here’s some material from a local conservation project [Alliance for Zero Extinction] that uses the frog in promotional material:

Any visitor to southern Chile’s ancient Valdivian rainforest could be excused for missing the tiny and unassuming Barrio’s frog, one of the world’s rarest amphibians. Blending into the riverbanks and streambeds of its forest home, the frog’s stippled, rust-brown back makes it all but invisible to the untrained eye. Its resonant, drawn-out creaking call is often the only sign of this species on the edge.

Barrio’s frog (Insuetophrynus acarpicus) is listed as critically endangered. Once common, the species now persists only in one 10-square-kilometre patch of forest, outside of protected areas and under threat from the clearcutting, farming and commercial timber planting that is fast fragmenting South America’s sole remaining temperate rainforest.

But, along with its endangered cousin, Miguel’s ground frog (Eupsophus migueli), Barrio’s frog is moving from shadow to spotlight as local communities embrace and work to conserve this threatened species. “It is not a charismatic species like the African lion or the hippo,” [Secretary of the Fucha Pitren indigenous Mapuche community] Don Rigoberto says, “but we have a very special species of our own.”

With a history stretching over 120 million years, the Valdivian forests of Chile and Argentina are a living link to the planet’s past, home to a unique range of species dating back to the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana. A biogeographical island, divided from other forest ecosystems in the Tertiary Period, the Valdivian now hosts more than 70 per cent of Chile’s woody plant species, as well as animal life from one of the world’s smallest deer to South America’s largest woodpecker.

[Photo by Felipe Rabanal.]

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[ranitadedarwinong-blog]

En la semana de la ciencia en el Liceo de Aplicación de Santiago, tuvimos el agrado de compartir una charla sobre los anfibios de Chile. Muchas gracias a los alumnos y a nuestro amigo Jos�� Manuel Sereano @manolosserrano Candidato a doctor de la U. de Chile especializado en ecología del comportamiento de la Ranita de a Darwin (trabajo con vocalizaciones) 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼. Esperamos que nuestro encuentro se vuelva a repetir!!! 🐸🐸🐸 www.ranitadedarwin.org @liceodeaplicacion #faunachilena #naturalezachilena #educacionambiental #anfibiosdechile #ranitadedarwin #batrachyla #eupsophus https://www.instagram.com/p/BpS2PopHnZw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=nuje4dii93ov

[galeriafotosanto]

Proyecto foto reportaje “Difusión del ranario de la Universidad Austral de Chile” que conserva diversas especies, es un proyecto gestionado por la Universidad y desde marzo del 2023, estará abierto para visitarlo.

En esta ocasión fui acompañada por Jimena Grosso, “Especialista en Ranas y su investigación” y Gastón Bertrand, “Estudiante y tesista sobre Ranas Chilenas” los cuales me comentaron y guiaron al respecto.

El ranario se encuentra al lado del Centro de Humedales UACh, se ubica en cabo blanco aproximadamente 20 minutos caminando desde la universidad, en las fotos se pueden visualizar las siguientes especies;

•Foto 1: Eupsophus Emiliopugini, ISO 50, 46mm, f1.8

•Foto 2 y 3: Batrachyla Taeniata, ISO 500, 59mm, f1.8

•Foto 4: Calyptocephalella Gayi, ISO 320, 80mm, f1.8

•Foto 5 y 6 renacuajos: Batrachyla Taeniata, ISO 320, 74mm, f1.8

[lasinombre-blog]

Eupsophus nahuelbutensis on Flickr.

[ranitadedarwinong-blog]

Amigos, queremos contarles del Proyecto EMERGE (Estudio Metapoblacional de ranas del bosque templado Austral y Gestión Epidemiológica) donde recientemente hemos comenzado a investigar las dinámicas espaciales y temporales a nivel de Paisaje de tres especies de ranas endémicas (Ranita de Darwin, Rana Rosácea de Hojarasca y Rana Moteada) infectadas con el hongo Quitrido (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis). Este hongo produce la Quitridiomicosis, una enfermedad infecciosa emergente en Chile y varias regiones del mundo. Pronto seguiremos subiendo más novedades. Más info del proyecto en www.ranitadedarwin.org/emerge #anfibiosdechile #ranitadedarwin #ranamoteada #batrachyla #eupsophus #surdechile #bosqueaustral #bosquesdechile #ilustracionchilena #frogs (en Neltume, Chile) https://www.instagram.com/p/BowExEfl_ie/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=12n1x0zy8wmfg

[ranitadedarwinong-blog]

Muchas gracias a @jorge.romero2 por etiquetarnos en esta maravillosa Fito 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🐸. *Eupsophus vertebralis en plena Selva Valdiviana👌🌿* . #anfibiosdechile #eupsophus #naturalezachilena #faunachilena #selvavaldiviana #bosquesdechile #florachilena #ranitadedarwinong

[ranitadedarwinong-blog]

Gracias a @manuuuelfrancisco Por compartir sus fotografías con nosotros 🐸👏🏼 Eupsophus calcaratus 🤓🐸 ~ avistada en bosque humedo de vodudahue. Habita principalmente alrededor de humedales y orillas de rio en el bosque húmedo de Nothofagus, desde Biobío a Aysén en Chile. Sus renacuajos nadadores se desarrollan en agujeros del suelo llenos de agua. #ranasdechile #ongranitadedarwin #outdoorlife #eupsophus #eupsophuscalcaratus #frogs #sur #chile #anfibios #amphibians #anfibiosdechile #wildchile #conservation #carreteraaustral Www.ranitadedarwin.org

[bnedixon]

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