A ‘One Plan’ research approach on breeding ecology to inform the recovery of the Critically Endangered Bleeding toad Leptophryne cruentata

ASAP Species Conservation Grants ,

The challenge The Bleeding Toad occurs in only two localities: Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park and Gunung Halimun Salak National Park, in West Java, Indonesia. The toad was assessed as Critically Endangered following the documented disappearance from a third location (possibly due to chytridiomycosis and/or volcanic eruption), and continues to decline due to habitat disturbance by tourism.   Studies on the distribution of the frog in Mount Gede Pangrango National Park have been conducted over the past 15-years but little is…