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ASG Regional and National Chairs and Members are listed alphabetically by first name. Please coordinate with the appropriate Chair regarding amphibian conservation or research within each region. Click on the Chair to email.

Regions
Argentina

Chair: Esteban Lavilla

Members: Boris Blotto, Carmen A. Ubeda, Diego Baldo, Esteban O. Lavilla, Ismael E. di Tada, Jorge A. Céspedes, Jose Langone, Néstor G. Basso, Rafael Lajmanovich

Australia

Chair: Ross Alford

Members: Conrad Hoskin, Dale Roberts, David Hunter, David Newell, Ed Meyer, Frank Lemckert, Graeme Gillespie, Harold Cogger, Harry Hines, Jean-Marc Hero, John Clarke, Keith McDonald, Ken Aplin, Liz Dovey, Luke Shoo, Margaret Considine, Michael Mahony, Mike Tyler, Murray Littlejohn, Paul Horner, Peter Brown, Peter Robertson, Roy Swain, Sarah May, Sylvana Mass, Will Osborne

Bolivia

Chair: Mayra Maldonado

Members: Claudia Cortez, Ignacio De la Riva, José M. Padial, Jörn Köhler, Stefan Lötters, Steffen Reichle

Brazil

Co-Chairs: Magno Segalla and Marcio Martins

Members: Ana Carolina Queiroz Carnaval, Ana Maria Paulino Telles de Carvalho e Silva, Carlos Alberto Gonçalves da Cruz, Carlos Frederico D. da Rocha, Celio Haddad, Dante Pavan, Debora Leite Silvano, Denise de C. Rossa-Feres, Diva Ma. Borges-Nojosa, Eliza Maria Xavier Freire, Flora Acuña Juncá, Gabriel Skuk, Gilda Andrade, Gláucia Moreira Drummond, Guarino R. Colli, Jaime Bertoluci, José P. Pombal Jr., Luciana Barreto Nascimento, Magno V. Segalla, Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues, Monique Van Sluys, Oswaldo Luiz Peixoto, Patricia Narvaes, Paula Cabral Eterovick, Paulo Christiano de Anchietta Garcia, Renato Neves Feio, Rogério Pereira Bastos, Sergio Potsch de Carvalho e Silva, Ulisses Caramaschi, Vanessa Verdade

Brazilian Amazon and Guianas Shield

Co-Chairs Marinus Hoogmoed and Selvino Neckel

Members: Amy lathrop, Cesar Barrio, Claudia Azevedo-Ramos, Godfrey Bourne, Janalee Caldwell, Larissa Barreto, Philippe Kok, Ross MacCulloch, Ruth Adriana Maldonado-Silva, Ruth Amanda Estupinan, Ulisses Galatti

Canada

Chair: David Green

Members: Ariadne Angulo, Ross D. MacCulloch

Caribbean

Co-Chairs Patricia Burrowes and Rafael Joglar

Members: Alberto R. Estrada, Ariel Rodríguez Gómez, Beatrice Viene, Byron Wilson, Jan Merman, Luis M. Diaz, Marcelino Hernandez, Peter Vogel, Richard Thomas, Sixto Inchaustegui, Susan Koenig

Chile

Chair: Alberto Veloso

Members: Alberto Veloso, Helen Díaz-Páez, Herman Nuñez, José Nuñez, Juan Carlos Ortiz, Juan Formas, Ramón Formas

China

Co-Chairs Li Pipeng and Xie Feng

Members: Bosco Chan, Chou Wenhao, Fei Liang, Geng Baorong, Gu Hui-qing, Jiang Jianping, Li Cheng, Li Shengquan, Liang Gang, Lu Shunqing, Michael Wei Neng Lau, Shi Haitao, Wang Xiuling, Wang Yuezhao, Wu Guanfu, Yang Datong, Ye Changyuan, Yuan Zhigang, Zhao Ermi, Zhao Wenge, Zheng Zhonghua

Colombia

Chair: Jose Vicente Rueda

Members: Adolfo Amezquita, Alonso Quevedo Gil, Alvaro Velasquez, Andres Acosta, Beatriz Velasquez E., Brian Bock, Claudia Juliana Dulcey Cala, Fernando Castro, Francisco Jose Lopez, German Corredor, Jenny Urbina, Jesús Eduardo Ortega Chinchilla, John Lynch, Jorge Gualdron, John Jairo Mueses, Jorge Humberto Restrepo, José Vicente Rueda Almonacid, Juan Manuel Renjifo, Julio Mario Hoyos, Marco Rada, Maria Cristina Ardila-Robayo, Maria Isabel Herrera, Mariela Osorno, Mauricio Rivera, Martha Patricia Ramirez, Pedro Galvis, Sandy Arroyo, Santiago Sanchez, Vivian Paez, Wilmar Bolivar, Yimi Guerrero

Costa Rica

Chair: Federico Bolanos

Members: Bruce Young, Brian Kubicki, Gerardo Chaves, Jose Hernández, Karen Lips, Uriel Barrantes, Victorino Molina, Yolanda Matamorros

East Africa

Chair: David Moyer

Members: Charles Msuya, John Measey, Stefan Lötters, Kim Howell, Lovemore C.J. Mazibuko, Martin Pickersgill, Michele Menegon, Simon Loader, Tim Davenport, Victor D. Wasonga

Ecuador

Chair: Santiago Ron

Members: Ana Almendariz, Andres Merino-Viteri, Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia, Fernando Nogales, Luis Coloma, Mario Yánez-Muñoz, Martin Bustamante, Pablo Menendez

Europe and N. Africa

Co-Chairs Inigo Martinez-Solano and Richard Podloucky

Members: Agnieszka Ogrodowczyk, Alain Dubois, Alex Kupfer, Alfredo Salvador, Andrew Gardner, Angus Carpenter, Annamaria Nistri, Annemarie Ohler, Arne Schiotz, Gerardo Garcia, Avital Gasith, Axel Kwet, Benedetto Lanza, Brandon Anthony, Carmen Díaz Paniagua, Christian Marty, Christopher Magin, Claude Miaud, Claudia Corti, Dan Cogalniceanu, David Donaire-Barroso, David Gower, David Tarkhnishvili, Donald G. Broadley, Donald Shepard, Edgar Lehr, El Hassan El Mouden, Eldad Elron, Emilio Balletto, Engin Gem, Ernesto Recuero Gil, Frank Glaw, Gad Degani, Gunther Köhler, Hendrik Muller, Ignacio J. De la Riva, Ishmail H. Ugurtas, István Kiss, J. W. (Pim) Arntzen, Jaime Bosch, James Menzies, Jane Smart, Jean Lescure, Jeanne McKay, Jean-Louis Amiet, Jean-Luc Perret, Jesus Manzanilla, Joan Mayol Serra, John Fa, John Measey, John Poynton, John Wilkinson, Jon Loman, Jelka Crnobrnja-Isailovic, Jörn Köhler, Jose Antonio Mateo Miras, Juan Manuel Pleguezuelos, Justin Gerlach, Karl-Heinz Jungfer, M. Saïd Nouira, Malcolm Largen, Manfred Beier, Marc Cheylan, Maria Ogielska, Mario Garcia Paris, Mark Wilkinson, Martin Pickersgill, Mathieu Denoel, Matthias Stoeck, Max Sparreboom, Michel Breuil, Miguel Lizana Avia, Miguel Tejedo, Miklós Puky, Milan Vogrin, Murat Sevinc, Naomi Doak, Nick Arnold, Paul Edgar, Paulo Sá-Sousa, Pedro Beja, Per Nyström, Petros Lymberakis, Philippe Gaucher, Philippe Geniez, Pierre-André Crochet, Rafael Márquez, Rainer Guenther, Rastko Ajtic, Richard Griffiths, Richard Tinsley, Riyad A. Sadek, Robert Jehle, Robert Schabetsberger, Roberta Lecis, Stefan Lötters, Sherif Baha El Din, Souad Hraoui-Bloquet, Sterijovski Bogoljub, Tahar Slimani, Thierry Fretey, Tim Halliday, Trent Garner, Trevor Beebee, Ulrich Joger, Ulrich Sinsch, Benedikt Schmidt, Valentín Pérez Mellado, Wolfgang Böhme

Guatemala and Belize

Chair: Jonathan A. Campbell

Members: Manuel Acevedo, Paul Walker

Honduras

Chair: Franklin Castañeda

Members: Gustavo Cruz, James McCranie

Indonesia

Chair: Djoko Iskandar

Members: David Price, Djoko Iskandar, Hellen Kurniati, Mumpuni

Japan

Chair: Masafumi Matsui

Members: Yoshio Kaneko

Laos and Cambodia

Deputy Chair Bryan Stuart

Madagascar

Co-Chairs Franco Andreone and Herilala Randramahazo

Members: Christopher J. Raxworthy, Denis Vallan, Frank Glaw, Jörn Köhler, Miguel Vences

Mainland S.East Asia (Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam)

Chair: Raoul Bain

Members: Alex Kupfer, Alexandre Teynie, Amy Lathrop, Anchalee A., Andre Ngo, Annemarie Ohler, Bob Murphy, Bryan Stuart, David Emmett, David McLeod, David Tarkhnishvili, Frank Tilack, George Zug, Guin Wogan, Hendrick Muller, Hidetoshi Ota, Ho Thu Cuc, Jarujin Nabhitabata, Jeffrey Wilkinson, Jennifer Daltry, Jens Vindum, Jodi Rowley, Kizirian, Kumthorn Thirakhupt, Lee Grismer, Masafumi Matsui, Neil Das, Ngo Dac Chung, Ngo Van Tri, Nguyen Quang Truong, Nguyen Thien Tao, Nikolai Orlov, Peter Paul van Dijk, Robert Inger, Somsak Panha, Stephanie Grosjean, Steven Swan, Tanya Chan-ard, Tassanee Eamkamon, Thomas Ziegler, Wayne Van Devender, Wichase Khonsue, Wolfgang Boehme, Yodchaiy Chuaynkern

Myanmar

Deputy Chair Guinevere Wogan

Thailand

Deputy Chair: Yodchaiy Chuaynkern

Vietnam

Deputy Chair: Nguyen Quang Truong

Malaysia

Chair: Jeet Sukumaran

Members: Anna Wong, Indraneil Das, Jeet Sukumaran, Maklarin Lakim, Norsham Suhaina Yaakob, Paul Imbun Yambun

Melanesia

Chair: Stephen Richards

Members: Clare Morrison, Dick Watling, Fred Parker

Mexico

Chair: Luis Conseco

Members: Antonio Muñoz Alonso, Gabriela Parra, Georgina Santos Barrera, Luis Canseco, Oscar Flores, Rogelio Cedeño Vázquez

New Zealand

Chair: Phil Bishop

Members: Ben D. Bell, Bruce Waldman, Mandy Tocher

Panama

Chair: Roberto Ibáñez

Members: Frank Solís, Karen Lips

Paraquay

Chair: Martha Motte

Members: Lucy Aquino

Peru

Chair: Rudolf von May

Members: Antonio W. Salas, César Aguilar Puntriano, Daniel R. Neira Herrera, Edgar Lehr, Javier Icochea Monteza, Jesus H. Cordova Santa Gadea, Jorge Luis Martinez Ruiz, Lily Rodriguez, Wilfredo Arizabal

Philippines

Chair: Arvin Diesmos

Members: Angel Alcala, Arvin C. Diesmos, Baldwin Gutierrez, Cynthia Dolino, Genevieve Gee, Jenny Daltry, Leticia Afuang, Mae Leonida Diesmos, Perry Ong, Rafe Brown

South Asia (minus Sri Lanka)

Co-Chairs Karthik Vasudevan and Sanjay Molur

Members: A. Vivek Gour-Broome, A. D.Padhaye, David Bickford, Debjani Roy, Dilip Bhagwanrao Sawarkar, Gajanan Dasaramji Bhuddhe, Gopalakrishna Bhatta, Jigme Palden, Leong Tzi Ming, Lue Kuangyang, M.S. Ravichandran, MD. Kamrul Hasan Dolon, Mohini Mohan Borah, Oommen V. Oommen, Pranabes Sanyal, Pranjalendu Ray, Rajehdra Vyas, Reza Khan, S. Bhupathy, S. P. Vijayakumar, S.D. Biju, Sabitry Choudhury Bordoloi, Saibal Sengupta, Sohrab MD Sarkar Uddin, Srinivasulu Chelmala, Surya Adoor, Sushil Dutta, Tej Kumar Shrestha, Varad Giri

Singapore

Chair: Leong Tzi Ming

South Africa (Lesotho, Namibia, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola and Malawi)

Chair: Alan Channing

Members: Holly Dublin, James Harrison, John Measey, Leslie Minter, Marius Burger, Martin Pickersgill

Sri Lanka

Co-Chairs Anslem de Silva and Madhave Meegaskumbura

Members: Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi, Deepthi Wickremesinghe, Mohomed Bahir, Medis Wickramasinghe, Ajantha Palihawadana, Nayana Kumara, Prithiviraj Fernando, Renuka Bandaranayaka, Abyerami Balasubramanium, Rohan Pethiyagoda

Uruguay

Co-Chairs Jose Langone and Rafael de Sa

Former USSR & Mongolia

Chair: Sergius Kuzmin

Members: Andrei N. Misyura, Andrei N. Reshetnikov, David N. Tarkhnishvili, Irina V. Maslova, Kh. Terbish, Olga A. Leontjeva, Ruslan V. Novitsky, Tatyana N. Duisebaeva, Valentina N. Kuranova, Vladimir G. Ishchenko, Yurii B. Manteifel

USA

Co-Chairs Geoff Hammerson and Mike Lannoo

Members: Alan Pounds, Allen Allison, Blair Hedges, Brad Shaffer, Bryan Stuart, Carlos Davidson, Bruce Bury, Alvin Braswell, César Jaramillo, Charles Painter, Christopher Austin, Christopher Beachy, Christopher Pearl, Christopher Phillips, Craig Tufts, Dale Jackson, David Beamer, David Bradford, David Cannatella, David Wake, Dwight Lawson, Elizabeth Scott, Erik N. Smith, Erik R. Wild, Erin Muths, Fred Kraus, Gary Fellers, Geoffrey A. Hammerson, George Zug, Guinevere Wogan, Hartwell Welsh, Hinrich Kaiser, Iñigo Martínez-Solano, James Rorabaugh, James Vonesh, Jay Savage, Jef Jaeger, Jerry Hardy, John E. Cadle, John Jensen, Joseph Mendelson, Joseph Mitchell, Josiah Townsend, Julian Faivovich, Julian Harrison, Julian Lee, Karen Lips, Kartik Shanker, Kelly Irwin, Kenneth Dodd, Larry David Wilson, Linda LaClaire, Martha Crump, Marvalee Wake, Matthew Parris, Maureen A. Donnelly, Michael Adams, Michael Sredl, Mills Tandy, Muhammad Sharif Khan, Norman Scott, Paul Chippindale, Paul Moler, Peter Beerli, Peter Paul Van Dijk, Randy Jennings, Randy McCranie, Richard Retallick, Richard Siegel, Richard Zweifel, Robert Drewes, Robert Herrington, Robert Inger, Robert P. Reynolds, Robert Powell, Robert Stuebing, Ronald A. Nussbaum, Ronald Crombie, Ronald Heyer, Roy W. McDiarmid, Sean Blomquist, Stephen Richter, Steve C. Anderson, Steven Morey, Taran Grant, Ted Kahn, Theodore Papenfuss, Thomas Uzzell, Tiffany Kosch, Tom Mann, Travis Ryan, Vance Vredenburg, Víctor R. Morales, William E. Duellman

Venezuela

Chair: Cesar Molina

Members: Abraham Mijares-Urrutia, Celsa Senaris, Enrique La Marca, Juan Elias Garcia-Perez

West Asia (Turkey, the Levant countries, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, and the Arabian peninsula)

Chair: Riyad Sadek

Members: Kurtulus Olgun, Matthias Stoeck, Mohammad Ali Reza Khan, Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani, Sarig Gafny, Tatjana Dujsebayeva, Tibor Kovács, Tuba Kiliç, Wieslaw Babik, Ahmadm Disi, Bartosz Borczyk, Yehudah. L. Werner

West/Central Africa

Chair: Marc-Oliver Rödel

Members: Thierry Fretey