'My father was a park warden, and his job was to keep these animals safe'.
Caleb Ofori-Boateng was the first formally trained herpetologist in Ghana. He was part of an expedition in 2005 which discovered a population of the Togo slippery frog after it had been considered extinct by scientists for 40 years. Founder of the NGO, Herp Conservation Ghana, Caleb has worked tirelessly in the remote forests of the Togo-Volta Highlands to ensure this Critically Endangered amphibian’s protection ever since.
Read more about our wider biodiversity research at https://www.research.ox.ac.uk/Area/Search/biodiversity
Caleb Ofori-Boateng was the first formally trained herpetologist in Ghana. He was part of an expedition in 2005 which discovered a population of the Togo slippery frog after it had been considered extinct by scientists for 40 years. Founder of the NGO, Herp Conservation Ghana, Caleb has worked tirelessly in the remote forests of the Togo-Volta Highlands to ensure this Critically Endangered amphibian’s protection ever since.
Read more about our wider biodiversity research at https://www.research.ox.ac.uk/Area/Search/biodiversity
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