Month: July 2023

Frogs & Koalas

  1. The Southern Corroboree Frog

Habitat

Frog and eggs

Location – Southern High Lands

Distribution

Very few live in wild

Maybe 300-400 bread in zoos

Large Population during 1970s

Habitat is 3000feet (1200 m)

Spagnum moss

Toronga Zoo breading program

disease (Chytrid fungus)

Skin keratin attacked, hard to maintain slat balance

And electrolytes, heart attach. Skin is used to breath

Heat and cold, fires

Female and male same colours

Female a little larger (30cm to 28cm)

2. Koalas in the You Yangs

Project: You Yangs Little River Koala Link

3. Recovery of Species World Wide