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"Hundreds of captive-bred, critically endangered frogs are managing to survive
after being released at a fast-flowing mountain stream near Mount Beauty in
Victoria, with some moving a “considerable distance” from the release point.
More than 600 spotted tree frogs have joined dwindling wild populations in the
Kiewa River, as part of a Zoos Victoria conservation breeding program to boost
numbers and genetic diversity after 50% of the frog’s Victorian habitat was
severely burnt in the 2019-20 black summer bushfires.
This year a team of biologists from Zoos Victoria and Wild Research released
265 one-year-old frogs, following a 2024 cohort of 300 tadpoles and 70 juvenile
frogs.
So far more than half of the animals released have been found again, according
to the Wild Research director, Dr Matt West, who has been part of a team
tracking their survival after release.
“Quite a large proportion of those animals are actually surviving, which is
exciting and brings us a huge amount of hope that we might be able to recover
this population of spotted tree frogs.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
