Dr. Lee Fitzgerald
Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Texas A&M University

Abstract:  The study will perform a baseline assessment of amphibians in the Mexican borderlands adjacent to Big Bend National Park , Texas .  The project will assess amphibian presence and distribution in the Sierra del Carmen and Santa Elena Canyon Protected areas of Coahuila, and Chihuahua , Mexico .   In addition to baseline data on the amphibian communities, products will include distribution maps of all amphibians detected in the Mexican Protected Areas and Big Bend National Park, Mexican workshops on identification and sampling techniques for amphibians, publication of peer reviewed papers, and preserved specimens to be housed at the Instituto Technologico de Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

Funding Agency:
National Park Service
Modification #:  H6000A0100AF [0001]

$5,000

End Date:  12/31/04