Research Objectives:

1. To determine the extent of the interior B.C. Tailed Frog population.

2. To determine through tissue tests (DNA) the relation of this interior population to the coastal population: same subspecies,   distinct subspecies or species.

3. To identify the specific habitat requirements of this interior  population and make recommendations to preserve this habitat.

Funding or Management Agencies:

B.C. Ministry of Environment
Forest Renewal B.C 

For more Information on Habits & Habitat
see the following web site:

Columbia Basin: Endangered Species & Spaces

For more information on the Tailed Frog
research projects contact:

Ted Rutherglen, MSc, RPBio
Regional Rare & Endangered Species Biologist
#401 - 333 Victoria St.
Nelson, B.C.
V1L  4K3
ted.antifeau@gems5.gov.bc.ca

Or get a copy of the Video:
Amphibians and Reptiles of the Columbia Basin

Linda DuPuis, MSc.