Corroboree Frog
by Kailey and Shakira
Description
The Southern Corroboree Frog has yellow and black stripes on its back. Adults reach the length of 2.5-3cm long. They have yellow, white and black blotches on their stomach.
Habitat and Ecology
The Corroboree Frog feeds primarily on small black ants and other invertebrates. Males move into the breeding sites in summer and call during January and February from covered depressions or mossy chambers at the edges of pools.
Threats
There is damage to their breeding sites by feral pigs and horses. Disease is also a threat the chytrid fungus is killing them. Climate change including increased UVB radiation is also a threat to them.
Recovery Strategies
We need to have off-site rearing of tadpoles and frogs to repopulate their numbers in the wild. We also need to protect building sites from damage by pigs and horses.
Inside Taronga's Corroboree Frog Conservation Container
Photos are from Wikimedia Commons.
Information is from http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedspecies/