The striking Southern Corroboree Frog, endemic to alpine NSW. Image: Lorinda Taylor/Taronga Zoo
Earlier this year we wrote about the Southern Corroboree Frog conservation program led by staff at Taronga Zoo.
Thousands of the tiny, striking amphibians once inhabited the spongy sphagnum bogs of the Kosciuszko highlands in NSW, but as a result of the deadly chytrid fungus, there are now fewer that 80 breeding couples left in the wild. When we asked Taronga for an update about the breeding program’s progress, they sent us this amazing video. Watch it for a rare look up-close with one of the alpine region’s unique species.
