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A Family Affair: 25 years of Amphibian Conservation in the Philippines
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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
1850 1900 1950 2000
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4060
8010
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Species Accumulation, Philippine Amphibians
Year
Num
ber o
f Spe
cies
Timor
Pakistan
Singapore
Taiwan
Napal
Laos
Sri Lanka
Thailand
Indonesia
China
0 75 150 225 300
Philippine Species Diversity & Endemism
Lineage based classification of Philippine Amphibia
Acknowledgements
DENR WCSP BCSP! Thanks!
Our families Jaime Moreno Simon Stuart
