A review of the captive-breeding programme for Polynesian tree snails Partula spp

2007 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
SIMON TONGE ◽  
QUENTIN BLOXAM
Keyword(s):  
Captive Breeding ◽  
Breeding Programme ◽  
Captive Breeding Programme

scholarly journals Somewhat saved: a captive breeding programme for two endemic Christmas Island lizard species, now extinct in the wild

Oryx ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Andrew ◽  
Hal Cogger ◽  
Don Driscoll ◽  
Samantha Flakus ◽  
Peter Harlow ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Native Species ◽  
Captive Breeding ◽  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
Breeding Programme ◽  
Lizard Species ◽  
Christmas Island ◽  
Captive Populations ◽  
Captive Breeding Programme ◽  
In Captivity ◽  
In The Wild

AbstractAs with many islands, Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean has suffered severe biodiversity loss. Its terrestrial lizard fauna comprised five native species, of which four were endemic. These were abundant until at least the late 1970s, but four species declined rapidly thereafter and were last reported in the wild between 2009 and 2013. In response to the decline, a captive breeding programme was established in August 2009. This attempt came too late for the Christmas Island forest skink Emoia nativitatis, whose last known individual died in captivity in 2014, and for the non-endemic coastal skink Emoia atrocostata. However, two captive populations are now established for Lister's gecko Lepidodactylus listeri and the blue-tailed skink Cryptoblepharus egeriae. The conservation future for these two species is challenging: reintroduction will not be possible until the main threats are identified and controlled.

scholarly journals Collecting the Mallorcan midwife toad

Oryx ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Tonge
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Captive Breeding ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Breeding Programme ◽  
Wild Populations ◽  
Captive Breeding Programme ◽  
Subfossil Remains ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Midwife Toad

The Mallorcan midwife toad was described, from subfossil remains, as recently as 1977, and it was not until 1980 that some living tadpoles were recognized as belonging to this new species. Once widespread in Mallorca, now perhaps only 1000–1500 adult toads remain, in secret and remote gorges in the mountains. In order to provide a safety net, should catastrophe strike at the fragile wild populations, the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust offered to set up a captive-breeding programme for the toad. In 1985 the author set out to collect eight toads, to be the founders of the captive colony. The FFPS contributed £85 from its Oryx 100% Fund towards the expedition.

Establishment of a captive-breeding programme for the Helmeted honeyeaterLichenostomus melanops cassidix

1992 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
IAN SMALES ◽  
MICHAEL MILLER ◽  
DAVID MIDDLETON ◽  
DONALD FRANKLIN
Keyword(s):  
Captive Breeding ◽  
Breeding Programme ◽  
Captive Breeding Programme
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