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Ghana races to preserve rare Atewa slippery frog
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5/24/2025
Mining, drought and hunting is driving the Atewa slippery frog to the brink of extinction. A conservation organization is working with communities to try to turn that around.
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Wading through these muddy waters, it's hard to see the tiny creature they're looking for.
00:04
But after hours of searching, finally success.
00:10
This tadpole is the only sign the team from Herb Conservation Ghana has seen of the Attawa
00:14
Slippery Frog in their search, a species that experts say is on the brink of extinction.
00:19
So the sediments from the illegal mining usually get into the water bodies, I mean these streams,
00:27
and then it endangers the habitat of these frogs.
00:30
So they end up, you know, we end up losing them, and it's become quite a menace.
00:38
At the captive laboratory, the team is using the tadpoles to breed the frogs.
00:43
Their mission is to boost the population with the aim of saving the species.
00:47
First discovered in 2006, there are estimated to be around a thousand in the wild, with
00:53
numbers declining.
00:58
We have about 22 tadpoles in these tanks, which we are breeding to successfully be able to
01:11
have up to 400 slippery frogs in the next five years, and release them back into their natural
01:21
habitats.
01:23
The Attawa species is related to another critically endangered creature, the Togo Slippery Frog,
01:29
found on the border between Togo and Ghana.
01:31
Threats to both species are bauxite mining and drought, drying up of freshwater streams.
01:38
But another major threat is hunting.
01:40
Frogs are considered a delicacy here.
01:43
The reason why we hunt the frog is because we have no jobs.
01:50
Although we know their numbers are falling, we have no options.
01:53
That's how we feed our families.
01:55
I come to catch the frogs, I go home and sell them.
01:59
I will be able to provide for the house because I have two kids and a wife.
02:05
Togo Conservation is working with communities to set up projects, like ecotourism, to create
02:11
a new source of income from the slippery critters.
02:13
They hope that people will work with them to save the frogs and their habitat.
02:22
So now we're going to take care of the frogs.
02:25
And they're going to eat those habitats.
02:28
In fact, this is a particular instance, according to the palm tree where they're for the
02:31
giants and the wild cause.
02:33
As far as the palm tree has been able to be growing, they are a little bit official, and they
02:34
will move their heads up.
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