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Eleutherodactylus sulcatus, black phase, Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Tiputini River, Ecuador.

 

Dendrobates ventrimaculatus with tadpole in bromeliad, Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Rio Tiputini, Ecuador.

 

Research Data

We are currently processing data from our first three field season at the Tiputini Biodiversity Station located in northeastern Ecuador.

We have constructed a relational database which will be interfaced with GIS for analysis and web viewing. This data will also be available for others to utilize in the efforts of conservation.

Publications

TADPOLE research has contributed to the following publications:

McCracken, Shawn F., Michael R.J. Forstner, and James R. Dixon. 2007. A new species of the Eleutherodactylus lacrimosus assemblage (Anura, Brachycephalidae) from the lowland rainforest canopy of Yasuni National Park, Amazonian Ecuador. Phyllomedusa - Journal of Herpetology 6(1): 23-35.

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McCracken, Shawn F. and Michael R.J. Forstner. 2006. Reproductive ecology and behavior of Eleutherodactylus aureolineatus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) in the canopy of the Upper Amazon Basin. Phyllomedusa – Journal of Neotropical Herpetology 5(2): 135-143.

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Guayasamin, Juan M., Santiago R. Ron, Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia, William W. Lamar and Shawn F. McCracken. 2006. A new species of frog of the Eleutherodactylus lacrimosus assemblage (Leptodactylidae) from the western Amazon basin, with comments on the utility of canopy surveys in lowland rainforest. Herpetologica. 62 (2): 191-202. [juanm@ku.edu]

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McCracken, Shawn F. and Michael R. J. Forstner. 2006. Bufo margaritifer: Geophagy. Herpetological Review. 37 (1): 72-73.

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Bass, M., R. Bilsborrow, R.J. Burnham, C. Canaday, M. De Angelo, L.J. Dew, A. Di Fiore, J. Greenberg, G. Harper, P. Herbertson, M. Finer, M. Franzen, H. Kreft, S.F. McCracken, A. Mertl, N. Pitman, T. Quesenberry, and G. Villa. 2004. Technical advisory report on: the biodiversity of Yasuni national park, its conservation significance, the impacts of roads therein, and our position statement. Amicus Curiae for court cases pending on the Petrobras license for Block 31 in Ecuador.

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Our goal for this project is to create a comprehensive and dynamic, user-friendly environment to graphically display amphibian conservation research. We plan to incorporate historical data and data from others who wish to contribute in the future. Please contact us if you wish to help.

 

 

last updated: July 2007'

 

Phyllomedusa vaillanti , Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Tiputini River, Ecuador.