Study

40 years of natterjack toad conservation in Europe

  • Published source details Beebee T., Cabido C., Eggert C., Mestre I.G., Iraola A., Garin-Barrio I., Griffiths R.A., Miaud C., Oromi N., Sanuy D., Sinsch U. & Tejedo M. (2012) 40 years of natterjack toad conservation in Europe. Froglog (Bulletin of the Amphibian Survival Alliance), 101, 40-43.

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This study is summarised as evidence for the following.

Action Category

Translocate natterjack toads

Action Link
Amphibian Conservation
  1. Translocate natterjack toads

    A before-and-after study in 2001 in northern France (Beebee et al. 2012) found that a breeding population of natterjack toads Bufo calamita was established following translocation of adults and juveniles. Annual survival was 25%, which was half the value estimated in native populations. However, there was repeated breeding over several years. In 2001, a total of 5,000 adult and juvenile toads were translocated from a development site to three receptor sites where natterjacks were still or were historically present. Toads were captured using 5 km of drift-fencing with pitfall traps and 160 plywood or carpet boards laid over a 400 ha area. Monitoring was undertaken annually by surveying potential breeding sites and radio-tracking adults.

     

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