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38| FrogLog 25 (1), Number 118 (February 2017) shop held in Andasibe, as well as through more recent exchanges between Parc Ivoloina and Mitsinjo and abroad with Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust at Jersey Zoo. Currently the Parc Ivoloina breeding facility supports live food colonies rather than frogs. Keepers at the zoo are continuing to gain the skill set needed to maintain captive amphibians while infrastructure at the breeding centre is improved.

To prioritize the species in Madagascar most in need of ex situ conservation initiatives, the Amphibian Ark Conservation Needs Assessment tool (www. conservationneeds. org) has been used to evaluate more than 200 frog species from the country. This effort is being conducted by an international team of herpetologists to build upon an initial but outdated assessment from 2007. While still incomplete for all species, preliminary results have provided direction for captive breeding action in Andasibe and have already helped to select several new frog species which have recently been acclimated to captivity there (11).