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Training Videos

Nutrition and Feeding

Amphibian nutrition and feeding - basic principles

Nutritional diseases in amphibians

Establishing live food colonies using native species 

Applied nutrition research for Mountain Chicken (Leptodactylus fallax)

Nutrient composition of insects and gut loading

Carotenoids and vitamins in amphibian nutrition

Nutrition and diets: fundamental principles and considerations

The importance of nutrition on amphibians in captivity

Amphibian nutrition and feeding—basic principles

Feeding ecology and applications in ex situ populations

Amphibian energetics and metabolism

Carotenoids and vitamins in amphibian nutrition

Nutrient composition of insects and gut loading

Establishing live food colonies using native species

The importance of UV light for amphibians

Nutritional diseases in amphibians

Applied nutrition research for Mountain Chicken

Reproduction and Breeding

Introduction: What are Assisted Reproductive Technologies, why and when to use them?

What is endocrinology? How can we use it to improve ART?

Anuran reproduction and control

Caudate reproductive evolution, physiology, and anatomy

Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Welfare considerations for protocol development

Ultrasound as a reproductive monitoring tool for amphibians
 

Hormone therapies to induce spawning, spermiation, and ovulation in amphibians

Sperm and egg quality assessments

Using artificial fertilization for the genetic management of amphibians

Gamete cryopreservation—anurans and caudates

Application for sperm biobanking: in situ sperm collection and artificial fertilization

Catering to amphibian larval husbandry

Experimental approaches to improve ex situ conservation of anurans

Caecilian husbandry

Water Quality

Water quality in ex situ amphibian husbandry
 

Lighting and Temperature

Lighting for amphibians, with an emphasis on UVB radiation 

The importance of UV light for amphibians

Biosecurity and Facility Design

Biosecurity principles: ex situ amphibian programs

Amphibians and Climate Change

Climate change and amphibian conservation 

Translocations & Reintroductions

IUCN Guidelines on the use of ex situ management for species conservation 

Do's and don'ts of amphibian translocation round table

Frog reintroductions where the amphibian chytrid fungus is the key threat

Captive breeding and reintroduction of amphibians: how far have we come since the ACAP?

Amphibian Translocation Best Practice IUCN Guidelines: from design to application

Using genetics to boost the adaptive capacity of populations: potential and challenges

Introduction to post release monitoring techniques

One Plan Approach: integrating conservation action for species

Case Studies

European green toad conservation at Nordens Ark and habitat management and restoration on Öland

In situ conservation practices at the Costa Rican Amphibian Research Center's Guayacán Reserve

Implementation of the Biodiversity Management Plan for Pickersgill's Reed Frog

Kihansi spray toad recovery program

Successful establishment of a translocated population of the Valcheta Frog in Patagonia

Chricahua leopard frog recovery in Arizona: status and challenges

The mountain chicken recovery program

Oregon spotted frog ex situ program

Southern Corroboree frog recovery program

The Hellbender and a recovery plan in Western New York

Development and refinement of the captive rearing and release program for Gopher frogs in Georgia

Methods and collaborations for reintroducing the yellow-legged frog and california red-legged frog

Striped newt conservation at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens

Conservation breeding, research, and reintroduction of southern Mountain Yellow-legged Frogs

Yellow-spotted Bell Frog conservation program

Reintroduction trials for two species of Panamanian harlequin frogs threatened by chytrid fungus

Puerto Rico crested toad recovery program

Recovering the white-bellied frog in south-west Western Australia

Field or in situ amphibian conservation

Field techniques for amphibian conservation programs

AArk Successful Grant Proposals Webinar

The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund

AArk Conservation Grants: Successful Grant Proposals

Making your grant application more competitive

Tips for writing a conservation small grant proposal

How to write successful grant applications

Successful Grant Proposals | John Ball Zoo