For a CIIS arts class final this semester, I produced We Can Be Their Bridges, a short film featuring Friends School of Atlanta student illustrations. This post expands on the film content to celebrate PARC Amphibian Week and Teacher Appreciation Week 2024.
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The Frog Song Amphibian Bridge Log provides information on how humans are helping amphibians with links for further learning and engagement. The blog title is inspired by the work of students at Friends School of Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia, where Toughie was housed between his rescue in 2005 and his death in 2016. The Bridge Log is maintained by the author at the pace of a PhD student parent volunteer.
In this tribute to Toughie, the last known living Rabbs’ fringe-limbed treefrog (Ecnomiohyla rabborum) , co-founder of The Amphibian Foundation Mark Mandica reflects on his son Anthony’s relationship with Toughie and other Panamanian frogs rescued in 2005, the matter of naming individual animals in conservation research collections, and an encouraging wave of “new light” on Toughie’s life and the global amphibian health crisis.
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