The decision tree was subsequently further reviewed and refined, and then developed into the AArk Conservation Needs Assessment process by the following Amphibian Ark staff:

Luis Carrillo Ron Gagliardo Richard Gibson

Kevin Johnson Joseph Mendelson III Kevin Zippel

Funding for the development of the online version of the Conservation Needs Assessment software was generously supported by:

The software design working group included people with expertise in the Conservation Needs Assessment process, online software development, other online assessment processes (e.g. IUCN Red List) and end users of the application and recommendations (e.g. ASG members and program managers from the ex situ amphibian conservation community). Members of the design team were:

Diane Barber, Fort Worth Zoo, ex situ community, AZA Taxon Advisory Group Chair
Luis Carillo, Amphibian Ark, Zoofari, Mexico, volunteer Latin American Taxon Officer, assessment workshop
   facilitator, ex situ community, native Spanish-speaker
Gerardo Garcia, Chester Zoo, ex situ community, EAZA Taxon Advisory Group Chair, native Spanish-speaker
Jaime Garcia Moreno, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Acting Coordinator of the IUCN Amphibian Red List
   Authority, amphibian Red List assessment, online assessment process, native Spanish-speaker
Richard Gibson, Auckland Zoo, member of the original process design team, ex situ community, and
   assessment workshop facilitator
Kevin Johnson, AArk, assessment workshop facilitator
JoAnna Kelly, Miami, lead software developer
Mike Lannoo, ASG member, Amphibian Conservation Needs Assessment assessor
James Lewis, Amphibian Survival Alliance.

The online version of the Conservation Needs Assessment software was initially developed by JoAnna Kelly, with further programming made by Nicholas Cameron.

The help pages were written and edited by:

Translation into Spanish and French was done by:

Species images have been generously proved by AmphibiaWeb

The Conservation Needs Assessment logo was created by Danny Beckwith. The "Endless Horizon" represents the sunset (potential species extinction), and the horizon represents the assessment process, that will help prolong species' existence.