Endangered Neighbors: Focus on Wetlands Panel Discussion

What happens when the habitat of both a predator and its prey is endangered? The San Francisco Garter Snake and the California Red-legged Frog both make their homes in the wetlands of Santa Cruz County. The conservation needs of these two species are inseparably linked, as the endangered San Francisco Garter Snake primarily feeds on the threatened California Red-legged Frog. Join Nina D'Amore and Sean Barry as they discuss their research on these animals, as well as each species' natural history and their unique conservation challenges.

Nina D'Amore has been working with California Red-legged Frogs along the Central Coast since 2001. She is currently the freshwater ecologist at the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve.

Sean Barry has conducted research on the San Francisco Garter Snake since the early 1970s. Sean is now the director of the Biological Safety program at UC Davis and continues his research on habitat selection in San Francisco Bay Area reptiles and amphibians as time permits.

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