Thousands of frog eggs being released into National Park

August 7, 2024 9:15 PM

Only 50 of these tiny frogs are left in the wild, but a drop of thousands of eggs in Kosciuszko National Park may change that. More than 3400 southern corroboree frog eggs have been released into their natural habitat in the NSW Snowy Mountains in the hope of bringing the iconic species back from the brink of extinction.
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries (7 comments total)

Good luck little froggies!

Grow up and reproduce.
posted by Windopaene at 9:26 PM on August 7 [4 favorites]

go froggy go
posted by The otter lady at 9:36 PM on August 7 [2 favorites]

Those are some handsome frogs!
posted by GenjiandProust at 4:29 AM on August 8 [1 favorite]

YAY!!!!!!! MOAR FROGS! This is awesome. Thanks for posting!
posted by I_Love_Bananas at 5:12 AM on August 8 [1 favorite]

I took one look at the photo at the head of TFA and my first thought was "what does it eat to make itself toxic." I looked it up on Wikipedia and find that its genus (it has one sister species) are unique among toxic frogs in that they make their own toxin (an alkaloid, in this case) rather than sequestering toxins from their food.

Good luck, toxic tadpoles.
posted by Aardvark Cheeselog at 7:38 AM on August 8 [3 favorites]

Gooooooo liddle froogs!
F*** the fungus.
posted by BlueHorse at 10:15 AM on August 8

It’s been depressing hearing about corroboree frogs in recent years, as I can still remember hearing a chorus of them on a hike to Nursery Swamp in the ACT in the early 1990s. Sucks to be a witness to environmental decline. I hope this effort pays off.

Any Aussie who collected stamps in the 1970s/80s will remember them well - they featured in a gorgeous series of frog stamps at the time.
posted by rory at 4:50 AM on August 9 [1 favorite]