"Fewer than 150 breeding males" the Southern Corroboree Frog
- dontforgetaboutus team
- Mar 23, 2016
- 1 min read
These uniquely colored frogs is critically extinct and only lives in small pockets within Kosciuszko National Park in New South Wales. The Southern Corroboree Frog only grows to just 2.5 - 3cm.
This tiny frog has no natural predators as it oozes a toxin from it's skin as a defensive mechanism. However there are other factors that threaten the brightly coloured creature. These threats include, climate change, fire and habitat disturbance and feral animals. The major problem though is the chytrid fungus which has been destroying frog populations all around the globe.
A program to save the species includes collaboration of the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage with Amphibian Research Centre, Taronga Zoo, Melbourne Zoo, and Healseville Sanctuary to save the species and breed the frog eggs and release them into the wild. Since 2010, hundreds of eggs have been released into the frog's natural habitat in Kosciuszko and each year since, more eggs have been reintroduced.
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