Amphibian Conservation in the Southeast | Georgia Public Broadcasting
25 years ago, scientists began documenting what is now described as a catastrophic decline in global amphibian populations. According to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 43% of the world’s amphibians are in decline or already extinct. The Atlanta-based Amphibian Foundation (AF) formed in urgency in 2016 to attempt to immediately reverse this decline for a specific salamander in the Southeastern US — the Frosted Flatwoods Salamander, Ambystoma cingulatum. ‘Frosties’ have decreased in population by 90% since 1999.
Source: gpb.org
