In this presentation SAVE THE FROGS! Founder Dr. Kriger discusses ways SAVE THE FROGS! protects amphibians and empowers ordinary citizens to make extraordinary contributions to the betterment of the planet. The presentation features many of Dr. Kriger’s photos of amphibians from around the world. Visit https://savethefrogs.com to learn more!

1. Kerry M. Kriger, Ph.D.
Founder, Executive Director & Ecologist
SAVE THE FROGS!
Translating Science Into Action

3. Save The Frogs Day since 2009:
1,500+ events in 58 countries
Australia, Bangladesh, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brazil,
Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Croatia, Czech Republic, Dominica, Dominican Republic,
Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala,
Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Liberia,
Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Nepal,
Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama,
Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Romania,
Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Turkey,
Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA

8. Antonelli Pond Habitat Restoration - Santa Cruz

9. Antonelli Pond – West Side of Santa Cruz

10. Frog Walk, Lough Boora Parklands, Ireland

11. Shree Secondary School,
Bharatpur, Chitwan, Nepal

12. Coventry Village School
Coventry, VT

13. Save The Frogs Day in Ruskin, FL
Nate The Newt Award Winner Avalon Theisen

14. Kathmandu, Nepal

15. Diepsloot, Johannesburg, South Africa - 2017

16. Shree Secondary School,
Bharatpur, Chitwan, Nepal

17. Texas Tech University – World Record

18. Parque Explora, Medellin

20. Save The Frogs Day 5K Starting Line: 260 Runners

21. Save The Frogs Day at Yosemite
with the National Park Service &
National Wildlife Federation

22. Save The Frogs Day Parade in Chittagong, Bangladesh
savethefrogs.com/bangladesh

23. Save The Frogs Day Parade in Chittagong, Bangladesh
savethefrogs.com/bangladesh

24. Chitwan, Nepal

25. Nigeria

26. Lakeside School’s Bullfrog Removal, Los Gatos, CA

27. Universidad de Magdelena – Santa Marta
Foto: Luis Rueda

28. Foto: Luis Rueda
Universidad de Magdelena – Santa Marta

31. Save The Frogs Day Proclamations
VA, NC, SC, MI, MA, RI
Washington DC, Vancouver, Santa Cruz, Tampa

32. 495 Presentations: 24,000+ attendees

33. San Francisco Tadpole Headstart Program

34. Manor School, Fairfax, CA

35. Ravenscroft 4th Graders

36. Sea View Elementary School
Salton City, CA

37. Wetlands Construction Workshop
savethefrogs.com/ab2364

38. California’s State Amphibian:
The California Red-Legged Frog
Photo by Edgar Ortega

39. Team Red-Legged Frog

40. SAVE THE FROGS! Grants:
$131,993 Disbursed
75 Awardees in 23 Countries
Apply at: savethefrogs.com/grants

41. 183 Lessons
30 Courses

42. Keeping Non-Native Frogs Out of California

43. SAVE THE FROGS! Magazine
savethefrogs.com/magazine
Saving Foothill Yellow-Legged Frogs
at Alameda Creek

45. California
Tiger
Salamander
(Ambystoma californiense)
Listed as
Threatened
under the CA
Endangered
Species
Act
by 3-2 Vote
452 STF! Supporters Took Action in 2010

46. Keeping Non-Native Frogs Out of California

47. Chinatown
San Francisco

50. Visitacion Valley Middle School, SF

51. Club Cientifico, Colegio UCO, Rio Negro, Antioquia

52. Building Wetlands in Eldorado National Forest

53. Eldorado Wetlands
2016

54. SLV Charter School in Ben Lomond, CA
savethefrogs.com/slv

55. SLV Charter School in Ben Lomond, CA
savethefrogs.com/slv

56. SLV Charter School in Ben Lomond, CA
savethefrogs.com/slv

57. SLV Charter School in Ben Lomond, CA

58. Clifford School, Redwood City, CA
Formerly a wetland

59. Clifford School, Redwood City, CA
700+ students assisted

60. Clifford School, Redwood City, CA

61. Clifford School, Redwood City, CA

62. Clifford School, Redwood City, CA

63. Clifford School

64. Clifford School, Redwood City, CA

65. Pajaro Valley High School, Watsonville, CA

66. Pajaro Valley High School, Watsonville, CA

67. Maywoods, Kentucky - May 2015
After the first rain
Upon completion

68. Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge, Illinois April 2023

69. Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge, Illinois April 2023

70. Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge, Illinois April 2023

74. SAVE THE FROGS!
Peru Ecotour
Photo Hypsiboas punctatus Katie O’Donnell

75. SAVE THE FROGS!
Peru Ecotour

76. SAVE THE FROGS!
Peru Ecotour

77. SAVE THE FROGS!
Ecuador Ecotour

78. SAVE THE FROGS!
Ecuador Ecotour

79. SAVE THE FROGS!
Ecuador Ecotour

80. SAVE THE FROGS!
Costa Rica Ecotour

81. SAVE THE FROGS!
Costa Rica Ecotour

82. Tours we are planning:
Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica, Zambia,
South Africa , Malaysia

84. 23,000+ Entries
115 Countries
SAVE THE FROGS!
Art Contest

85. Kara Timmons
2011 Grand Prize
Winner

92. 2009 - 2013
4,041 Poems
76 Countries
SAVE THE FROGS!
Poetry Contest
Albania, Australia, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Bhutan, Brazil, Cameroon,
Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Egypt,
Ethiopia, Fiji, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia,
Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Malta,
Mauritius, Mexico, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Netherlands, Nigeria,
Northern Ireland, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Poland,
Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa,
Spain, Sri Lanka, St. Lucia, Suriname, Sweden, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand,
Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates,
United Kingdom, USA, Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

95. We Saved Florida’s Pig Frogs!
Photo by Alesandro Catenazzi

96. Frog Legs out of 77
Supermarkets

97. Frog Legs Protest – Arlington, VA

99. We Saved The Hochstetter’s Frogs!
1,250 letters sent
to the NZ Gov‘t

100. …And The Archey’s Frogs!
Photo: Rod Morris

101. Mountain Yellow-Legged Frogs:
2,000+ letters sent to the National Park Service
& California Fish & Game Commission
Photo: V. Vredenburg

102. Federal Importation Ban:
201 salamander species

103. Provide training for scientists

104. qPCR course at
Smithsonian Tropical
Research Institute
in Panama City
savethefrogs.com/qpcr

106. Protect Wilderness
No Off Highway Vehicles at Tesla Park!

111. Save The Frogs Day 2013
Parque Explora, Medellin, Colombia
Colombia is home to ~800 known species of amphibians.
These species are facing extreme threats due to
habitat destruction, pesticides, infectious diseases,
climate change and overharvesting for the
pet trade and for scientific collections.

112. BOGOTA: UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES

113. Dendropsophus labialis – Chingaza Nat’l Park, Colombia

114. Bogota: Javeriana University

115. University of the Amazon

116. Hypsiboas punctatus - Colombian Amazon

117. Universidad del Valle, Cali

118. SAVE THE FROGS! Cali

119. SAVE THE FROGS! Cali

120. Chiapas, Mexico 2012
savethefrogs.com/mexico

121. Villahermosa, Mexico 2016
savethefrogs.com/mexico

122. Yumka
Villahermosa, Mexico 2017
savethefrogs.com/mexico

123. Villahermosa, Mexico 2017
savethefrogs.com/mexico

124. Universidad Nacional de Asuncion, Paraguay

125. Tobati, Paraguay

126. Physalaemus albonotatus
Tobati, Paraguay

128. 90% of West Africa’s rainforests
have been destroyed

129. My First Visit To Ghana - 2011
My Goal: Inspire Youth and Students to
Pursue Environmental Careers

130. SAVE THE FROGS! Ghana
Formed September 2011
1st International Branch of STF!

131. SAVE THE FROGS! Ghana
KNUST Chapter
Formed September 2011
1st Student Chapter of STF!

132. Create Ghana’s 6th national park:
Atewa Hills National Park
Togo Slippery Frog
Conraua derooi

133. Create Ghana’s 6th national park:
Atewa Hills National Park

134. Reduce the consumption of frog legs

135. Say No To Frog Meat

136. Ghana: Parade in Chiana, Ghana

137. Save The Frogs Day 2013
Parade in Chiana, Ghana

138. Save The Frogs Day in Kumasi, Ghana
savethefrogs.com/ghana

139. Ghana: KNUST Chapter

140. Ghana: Field Methods Course

141. SAVE THE FROGS! Soccer Team in Chiana, Ghana

142. Save the Krokosua (Giant) Squeaker Frogs!
Only 13 individuals are known to exist!

143. Giant Squeaker Frog - Arthroleptis krokosua

144. Planting trees for the Giant Squeaker Frog

145. 2016 SAVE THE FROGS! Ghana Expedition
Objective:
Empower the people of Ghana to protect amphibians
Dr. Kerry Kriger, Michael Starkey & Chelsea Carson

146. We spoke to all 500 incoming
freshmen at the
KNUST Faculty of
Renewable Natural Resources

147. Students of the Kotei RC School in Kumasi, Ghana

148. SAVE THE FROGS! Ghana Expedition Team
September 2016

149. SAVE THE FROGS! Ghana Expedition Team
& KNUST Chapter Members

150. Kumasi Institute of Tropical Agriculture

151. Inaugural SAVE THE FROGS! World Summit:
Full-Day Event at KNUST in Kumasi, Ghana

152. SAVE THE FROGS! Ghana KNUST Chapter
Executive Team & Members

153. MINING:
The #1 Threat To Frogs in the Atewa Region
(Gold, Diamonds & Bauxite)

154. Togo Slippery Frog (Conraua derooi)
Known to exist on
only two streams:
both in Atewa

155. The SAVE THE FROGS! Ghana
Kwabeng Junior Chapter
Atewa Region, Ghana

156. Profesoras de nuestro grupo a Kwabeng, Atewa

157. SAVE THE FROGS! Ghana
5th Birthday Celebration
September 22nd, 2016

158. Educate. Inspire. Empower.

159. SAVE THE FROGS! Ghana’s 5th Birthday Celebration

160. The Chiefs Of Yawkrom
Attended The Celebrations

161. There were presentations on the environment
throughout the day

162. SAVE THE FROGS! Ghana Co-Founder Gilbert Adum:
An Inspiration To Amphibian Conservationists Worldwide

163. SAVE THE FROGS! South America Coordinator
Chelsea Carson
Encouraging Girls To Stay In School

164. Induction to the Chieftancy

165. Nana Kojo Agyeman Bosompem Nkosohene I
SAVE THE FROGS! Connects Cultures

166. SAVE THE FROGS! Connects Cultures

167. Beekeeping:
Good For Both Frogs & The Economy
With The Paramount Chief Of Yawkrom

168. Reforestation for Giant Squeaker Frogs

169. SAVE THE FROGS! Ghana has planted over
15,000 trees in the Sui River Forest Reserve

170. Slippery Frog (Conraua alleni)

171. SAVE THE FROGS! Conference at the
University of Ghana

172. University of Ghana, Accra, Legon Campus

173. Saving Frogs with the Chiefs of Chiana, Ghana

175. Korea’s 1st International
Amphibian Symposium

176. Save The Nakdong River Samrak Frogs!

179. SAVE THE FROGS! World Summit

180. SAVE THE FROGS! World Summit – Kolkata 2019

181. SAVE THE FROGS! World Summit – Kolkata 2019

183. SAVE THE FROGS! World Summit – Kolkata 2019

184. Rahara Nibedita Art School – Kolkata, India

185. Bangalore, Karnataka, India

186. Chennai Snake Park in Chennai, India

187. Shree Sarswati Bal Veena Bharati School

188. World Wildlife Fund (WWF) - New Delhi

189. SD Government College, Beawar, Rajasthan

190. Gangawas School, Gangawas, Rajasthan

192. SAVE THE FROGS! is a 501(c)(3) public charity

193. savethefrogs.com/membership

200. Let’s Stay In Touch:
Email: kerry@savethefrogs.com
Facebook/LinkedIn: Kerry Kriger
Instagram/Twitter: @kerrykriger

201. Blue Mountains Treefrog
Litoria citropa
Don’t use pesticides
Thanks for helping SAVE THE FROGS!

202. Tell everyone you know about
SAVE THE FROGS!

203. Healthy Frogs, Healthy Humans
Any questions?
kerry@savethefrogs.com