2,979Grants to

1,827(Sub)Species

The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund has awarded 369 grants for this species type, constituting a total donation of $3,453,895.

Reptile Conservation Case Studies

Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 242536595) - Pacific Coast Musk Turtle - Awarded $14,100 on December 24, 2024
24-12-2024 - Pacific Coast Musk Turtle

Conservation of the Pacific Coast Musk Turtle: community conservation of an endangered freshwater turtle in Chiapas, Mexico.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 242534692) - Cora Mud Turtle - Awarded $14,100 on October 10, 2024
10-10-2024 - Cora Mud Turtle

Assessing population, habitat use, and threats of Critically Endangered Cora Mud Turtle (Kinosternon cora).

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 242529220) - Vallarta mud turtle - Awarded $24,647 on May 13, 2024
13-05-2024 - Vallarta mud turtle

Working to save the most endangered turtle in the Americas, the Vallarta mud turtle (Kinosternon vogti).

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 232532880) - Campell's alligator lizard - Awarded $6,000 on December 19, 2023
19-12-2023 - Campell's alligator lizard

Enhancing Canopy Ecosystems: Integrating Epiphytes into Habitat Restoration for the Conservation of Abronia campbelli

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 230532950) - Giant bronze gecko - Awarded $4,980 on December 18, 2023
18-12-2023 - Giant bronze gecko

Population estimate of the Critically Endangered Seychelles endemic giant bronze gecko, Ailuronyx trachygaster.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 232532000) - Gardel’s sand-dune lizard  - Awarded $14,000 on September 27, 2023
27-09-2023 - Gardel’s sand-dune lizard

Conservation of the microendemic and recently-discovered lizard (Liolaemus gardeli; Squamata, Liolaemidae) in South America. The region encompasses an area of relict dunes within the Tacurembó River basin. Liolaemus gardeli is a newly discovered lizard species, described for a very restricted distribution and endemic to a single locality, this species occurs in dunes with sandy soils and patches of herbaceous vegetation.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 232530980) - Elongated tortoise - Awarded $5,500 on May 01, 2023
01-05-2023 - Elongated tortoise

Assessing population, habitat use, and threats of Critically Endangered Elongated Tortoise (Indotestudo elongata) outside protected areas in Bhutan.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 222530411) - Mt Kenya Bush Viper - Awarded $8,000 on December 20, 2022
20-12-2022 - Mt Kenya Bush Viper

Atheris desaixi is an endemic species to Kenya and having been only recorded in three localities, Chuka, Ngaya and Nyambene hills forests at an altitude of about 1300-1700m. Gives birth to live young ones. Always found camouflaged in bushes 2-4m above the ground. Its population keeps on declining due to habitat destruction and illegal collection for the pet trade. Its currently categorized as Endangered in the IUCN Red List.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 222530488) - Aeolian wall lizard - Awarded $9,000 on December 20, 2022
20-12-2022 - Aeolian wall lizard

Saving the largest extant population of the critically endangered Aeolian wall lizard, Podarcis raffonei.

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