Conservación de Anfibios A.C.

Is a non profit organization created in 2022 by a group of Mexican conservationists with the aim of protect native and endangered amphibians from Mexico.

Our flag Project is the Cloudforest Amphibian Sanctuary in Cuetzalan, Puebla.

This is a 8 hectares patch of cloud forest, the most threatened terrestrial ecosystem in Mexico.

The Sanctuary protects 17 native amphibians from Cuetzalan’s cloud forest, some of those species are endemic from this region, such as Cuetzalan Salamander (Aquiloeurycea quetzalanensis) which is also critically endangered.

We invite you to navigate through the different seccions of our website where you can learn more about our projects and the wonderful amphibians.

Mision

Develop conservation programs for amphibian species native to Mexico, prioritizing those endemic or endangered species, through research projects, habitat protection actions and environmental education, making strategic alliances with the community to promote environmental sustainability, social and economic.

Vision

We seek to maintain a generational commitment to initiatives, strategies, education and research on native amphibians, having amphibians as flagship species, as well as preserving the biodiversity and ecosystems inhabited by those species of amphibians endemic to Mexico or in danger of extinction.

Projects

Taylor’s Salamander Conservation

Taylor’s Salamander Conservation

This Project started in 2015 as a research supported by the EDGE of Existence Programme from the Zoological Society of London. The aim of the Project was to diagnose the...

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Cuetzalan Cloudforest Amphibian Sanctuary

Cuetzalan Cloudforest Amphibian Sanctuary

This Project consists of the creation of a private reserve in a 8 hectares patch of cloudforest in the locality of Cohuatichan, Cuetzalan, in the North Sierra of Puebla. The...

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Cuetzalan Salamander Conservation

Cuetzalan Salamander Conservation

This is a research Project which started in 2021 with funding from ZSL EDGE of Existence Programme. The Project aims to assess the effect of habitat fragmentation due to...

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Meet the Amphibians

Amphibians are the most threatened group of vertebrates on the planet, with nearly half of their species threatened with extinction.

Amphibians are frogs and toads, salamanders and caecilians.

There are almost 8,500 species of amphibians in the world, and in Mexico we have 382.

They are animals that depend partially or totally on water, at least in some part of their life cycle.

Some have an aquatic larval (tadpole) stage, while others develop directly, hatching from their eggs into small miniature amphibians.

They have a wide variety of adaptations to live in different microhabitats:

underground, among leaf litter, in moving or still bodies of water, in trees, in caves, etc. They are able to breathe through their skin and some of them do not have lungs (salamanders).

Amphibians are predators, they feed mainly on insects, so they are considered natural pest controllers.

Their skin is very thin and permeable, allowing any substance to pass through it, which also makes them sensitive to any contaminant, so they are only present in healthy environments.

Cuetzalan Amphibians

Amphibians of the World

Courses

First Course of Biological Monitoring

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Our team

José Alfredo Hernández Díaz

José Alfredo Hernández Díaz

alfred.hd@gmail.com

Biologist from the Universidad de las Américas, Puebla and Master of Science from the Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá. He works as Curator of Reptiles and Amphibians at Africam Safari where he coordinates amphibian conservation programs: crested toad, Alchichica salamander and Cuetzalan salamander. He is also affiliated with the Zoological Society of London’s Edge of Existence programme. He has received recognition for his work in amphibian conservation as: Future Leader of Amphibian Conservation by the Amphibian Survival Alliance in 2016 and in 2017 he won the “For Love of Mexico” award from Volkswagen. He is the founder of the civil association “Conservación de Amphibios” whose main project is the Bosque de Niebla Amphibian Sanctuary in Cuetzalan.

Carolina Mildred Rivera González

Carolina Mildred Rivera González

carolinargjj@gmail.com

Biologist graduated from the University of the Americas Puebla. She is currently a research fellow in the EDGE of Existence program by the Zoological Society of London and together with Africam Safari they carry out the project “Assessing the conservation status of two endemic salamanders in danger of extinction: Parvimolge Townsendi and Aquiloeurycea quetzalanensis ”. Her interests lie in the conservation of endangered habitats and species, as well as permaculture and agroecology. She is treasurer of the civil association Conservation of Amphibians.

María del Carmen Carmona Muciño

María del Carmen Carmona Muciño

airamcm@hotmail.com

Veterinary Zootechnician Specialist in Veterinary Diagnosis from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He has 14 years of experience in Wildlife Pathology, primarily under human care. His background includes national wildlife and domestic animal institutions, as well as zoological institutions in the United States. Since 2010 she works as Head of Anatomical and Clinical Pathology at the Africam Safari Conservation Park in Puebla, Mexico. She is responsible for necropsies and general diagnosis of individuals in the collection and in situ and ex situ conservation projects. She also supervises the clinical laboratory and is an assistant in medical and zootechnical procedures. She has participated in various publications, theses, presentations and courses on necropsy techniques and diagnosis in wildlife, as well as supporting the training of new professionals in the area. Her main contribution to Amphibian Conservation projects focuses on diagnosing diseases and finding treatments, but she is also involved in other activities.

Astrid Lira Guerrero

Astrid Lira Guerrero

astridliraguerrero@gmail.com

Graduated from the Graphic Design degree at UPAEP, she worked for several years as a publicist and for 17 years she began her work as a naturalist and conservationist at the Villas Cuetzalan Ecological Reserve, focusing primarily on nature photography and the dissemination of the species that They inhabit cloudy mountain forest. She is currently part of the Amphibian Conservation Association where she collaborates with all the artistic and visual part of the outreach work.

Gerardo Flores Campos

Gerardo Flores Campos

florescampos.ger@gmail.com

Originally from Tlaxcala. He graduated as a Veterinary Doctor and Zootechnician from the Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla. He currently works as an amphibian and reptile keeper at Africam Safari. Mainly interested in the conservation of ecosystems and the care of wild animals, especially reptiles and amphibians, due to the little importance given to them and the misinformation that abounds about these animals, which together with other factors causes many species to be threatened. or in danger of extinction, knowing that they are a fundamental key in the balance of their ecosystems. He collaborates in conservation projects on amphibian species, such as Incilius cristatus, Ambystoma taylori, and Aquiloeurycea quetzalanensis.

Luis Damián Villaseñor Amador

Luis Damián Villaseñor Amador

damian.villasenor@gmail.com

Biologist from the Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla and master’s student at the Faculty of Sciences of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. His interests lie in the ecology and systematics of insects and amphibians. He is secretary of the civil association Conservation of Amphibians, an organization that studies and protects amphibians in Mexico such as the Cuetzalan salamander and the Alchichica salamander. He was a member of the Mexican Society of Paleontology and since 2020 he is a member of the Entomological Society of America.

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Contact us

Email

info@conservacion-anfibios.org

Address

Calle Ignacio Zaragoza 1214, San Francisco Totimehuacán, Puebla. C.P. 72595

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