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National Science Foundation Awards Grant to University of Richmond

April 20, 2004

The National Science Foundation has awarded the University of Richmond a $325,878 grant for a four-year project to study a species of Neotropical frog.

Dr. Rafael de Sa, associate professor of biology, will head the project that is studying the frog genus "Leptodactylus." The frog is common in a region ranging from southern Texas through Mexico and south to Peru and Argentina. De Sa will study the evolution of the frog and its role in the evolution of plant and animal life in its region.

The four-year grant includes some summer support for de Sa, support for several undergraduate students, technical assistance, equipment and supplies, as well as international fieldwork. His collaborator is W. Ronald Heyer, curator, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.