Ever thought how cool it would be to be personally sponsor one of the rarest frogs in the world?
Ever wanted to support us in maintaining our conservation and education collection of rare amphibians?
Or give the opportunity to do so as gift for a family member or friend?
Well, here is your chance! Because we have just launched our new ‘Sponsor a frog’ campaign, where your contribution will help us maintain some of the fantastic frog species at Manchester Museum.
For a contribution of £50 (within the UK ) you will recieve:
- A personal letter of thanks for your support from the Director of The Manchester Museum
- A special invitation for you and a friend to have a personal tour of the department and ’behind the scenes’ of the Vivarium by a professional herpetologist (including a photo opportunity with one of the world’s rarest frogs)**
- An exclusive A4 colour photograph of your chosen species
- A quality amphibian and reptile book written by Mark O’Shea & Tim Halliday published by Dorling Kindersley (RRP £9.99)
- Your name listed on the Frog Blog’s new sponsors page
- A UK amphibian conservation awareness package from Froglife
- A personal letter of thanks for your support from the Director of The Manchester Museum.
- An exclusive A4 colour photograph of your chosen species
- Your name listed on the Frog Blog’s new sponsors page
- Rainforest conservation information
If you are interested in sponsoring a species of frog the following animals, which are maintained at the vivarium, are available for selection. Please click on any species for more information about them:
- Splendid Leaf Frog (Cruziohyla calcarifer)
- Lemur Leaf Frog (Agalychnis lemur)
- Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas)
- Spurrell’s Leaf Frog, (Agalychnis spurrelli)
- Argentine Horned Frog (Ceratophrys ornata)
- Golden Poison-dart Frog (Phyllobates terribilis)
- Golden Mantella (Mantella aurantiaca)
What will your donation be used for?
Your contribution will go to supporting the conservation and education work highlighted on frogblog and also towards meeting the cost of the food and husbandry of your chosen frog species.
To ‘Sponsor a Frog’ please CLICK HERE!
** 1 hour tour - Subject to availability and by prior arrangement.
On the 26th August I took my members to the museum for an arranged tour. Half went around the vivarium with Andrew and the other half around the Living Worlds exhibition with Suzie. After a very welcome drink we changed over. The knowledge and enthusiasm of the two guides was very infectious and what with a hands on of the frogs and lizards and a very moving account of the short life of a Japanese girl who tried to extend her life by creating hundreds of origami cranes we were in emotional overdrive. As a thank you we have sponsored a frog and have chosen a red eyed tree frog native to Central America as several of the members had visited Costa Rica.
We have had many interesting trips in the past two years and I was assured that this was the most interesting of all.
Thank you Andrew and Suzie may your good works continue and we wish you every success.
Ron Emerson – Stockport U3A Wildlife Group Leader