October 2020 AMPHIBIAN SURVIVAL ALLIANCE NEWTSLETTER
Š Endangered Wildlife Trust
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Protecting the unique and threatened frogs of the Western Cape, South Africa
By Jeanne Tarrant, Endangered Wildlife Trust
In July 2020, with the support of ASA’s small grant through Global Wildlife Conservation, the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) commenced a new project focused on some of the most threatened and endemic frogs species restricted to
very limited ranges in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Here is where the highest concentrations of threatened amphibians can be found in the country.
Based on a prioritization exercise we conducted in 2018, we identified three species in the Western Cape for which targeted habitat protec-
tion and habitat management interventions would have particularly significant conservation benefits. These species are the Critically Endangered Rough Moss Frog (Arthroleptella rugosa) and Micro Frog (Microbatrachella capensis); and the Data Deficient Moonlight Mountain Toadlet (Capensibufo selenophos) (IUCN, 2017). The population trend of