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Husbandry Documents

Chytrid Fungus

Developing a safe antifungal treatment protocol to eliminate Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis from amphibians – A. MARTEL, P. VAN ROOIJ, G. VERCAUTEREN, K. BAERT, L. VAN WAEYENBERGHE, P. DEBACKER, T. W. J. GARNER, T. WOELTJES, R. DUCATELLE, F. HAESEBROUCK & F. PASMANS

Spread of Chytridiomycosis Has Caused the Rapid Global Decline and Extinction of Frogs
Lee Francis Skerratt, Lee Berger, Richard Speare, Scott Cashins, Keith Raymond McDonald, Andrea Dawn Phillott, Harry Bryan Hines and Nicole Kenyon

Survey Protocol for Detecting Chytridiomycosis in all Australian Frog Populations
Lee F. Skerratt, Lee Berger, Harry B. Hines, Keith R. McDonald, Diana Mendez, Richard Speare

Field-Sampling Protocol for Batrachochytrium Dendrobatids From Living Amphibians, using Alcohol Preserved Swabs
Brem, Mendelson and Lips

Chytrid Fungus page on the AArk web site

Husbandry and ex situ management – general

Amphibian Ark’s Amphibian Population Management Guidelines (en Español – Lineamientos para el Manejo de Poblaciones de Anfibios)

Amphibian Ark Husbandry Guidelines – Template

Pautas de Manejo Ex Situ Espanol – Template

Amphibian Ark Taxon Management Plan – Template

Global Species Management Plan Husbandry guidelines

AArk Training Course Prospectus

Amphibian Data Entry Guidelines
Guidelines for amphibian data entry for both institutional registrars and studbook keepers

Manual For Control of Infectious Diseases in Amphibian Survival Assurance Colonies and Reintroduction Programs
Proceedings from a workshop held 16-18 February 2009, Zoological Society of San Diego

A guide to husbandry and biosecurity standards required for the safe and responsible management of ex situ populations of amphibians
These standards are based upon those reported in the proceedings of the CBSG/WAZA Amphibian Ex situ Conservation Planning Workshop, El Valle, Panama, 12-15th February 2006.

AZA’s Amphibian Husbandry Guide (updated April 2012) – English (2 MB), Español (1.97 MB)

Shipping Containers for Frog and Tadpole Husbandry – Taronga Zoo

Amphibian Pod page on the AArk web site

There are some useful amphibian population management tools on the PopFrog web site. PopFrog is a cooperative effort of the AZA Population Management Center at the Lincoln Park Zoo, IUCN Conservation Breeding Specialist Group, Amphibian Ark, The Toledo Zoological Society, and the Smithsonian National Zoo.