A  Family  Affair:  25  years  of  Amphibian  Conservation  in  the  Philippines

First  Trip:  1990

First  Trip:  1990

First  Trip:  1990

First  Trip:  1990

First  Trip:  1990

First  Trip:  1990

Properly prepared sisig

First  Trip:  1990

Arvin Diesmos Angel Alcala

Rhinella marina

Mid-­‐late  1990s

Lots of field work…

Lots of time in the Company of Filipinos

2000–2015:  lots  of  field  work

2000–2015:  lots  of  students

Mid-­‐late  1990s

Aeja & Pangea Diesmos 2006

Luis Diesmos 1999

Arvin in Kansas 2016

Multiple  generations

Rafe & Boying 1991 With son, Jason, 2015

Revised  Conservation  Status  Assessment  for  Philippine  Amphibians  

Rafe Brown, Arvin Diesmos, Mae Diesmos, Cameron Siler, Marites Sanguila & Angel Alcala

University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute Sam Noble Museum, University of Oklahoma

National Museum of the Philippines University of Santo Tomas

Fr. Saturnino Urios University Silliman University

Global Amphibian Assessment (Bangkok, 2004)

Global Amphibian Assessment (Phnom Penh, 2011)

IUCN conservation status = The basis for Philippine Threatened Species List (DENR Administrative Order 2004)

Results

• IUCN Conservation Status Assessments serve as the basis of DENR Administrative Order 2004–15: The Philippine Threatened Species List.

• 2004–2008: Various refinements, e.g., newly discovered species…

• 2006–2013: Extensive new field work throughout the country, targeting new data…

• 2013–2014: Comprehensive review.

Sampling (pre-2000)

Sampling (2000–2014)

40 months field work > 10,000 records > 60 additional sites > 22,000 photographs

New records…

New data!

Summary 2004:

2004 2014

• No critically endangered species • Increase in percentage of species NT • Increase in percentage of species VU • Decrease in percentage of species EN

Major changes in proportions of species in threat categories

• Keeping our Philippine IUCN assessments current

• Community input, citizen science, & crowd sourcing

• Transparency & data-sharing via the internet

Importance for Conservation?

New species To science!

Importance for Biodiversity Assessment

Importance for Filipino Science

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Species Accumulation, Philippine Amphibians

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Timor

Pakistan

Singapore

Taiwan

Napal

Laos

Sri Lanka

Thailand

Indonesia

China

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Philippine Species Diversity & Endemism

Lineage based classification of Philippine Amphibia

Acknowledgements

DENR WCSP BCSP! Thanks!

Our families Jaime Moreno Simon Stuart