Endangered giant burrowing frog returns to wild after tadpoles rescued from ashes of black summer fires

Tadpoles collected from puddles in East Gippsland were transported to Melbourne zoo, where they were raised to metamorphosis and successfully bred in captivity for the first time After the 2019-20 black summer bushfires , scientists in eastern Victoria stumbled across something they had been after for years: puddles of tadpoles from the southern giant burrowing frog, one of the state’s most cryptic amphibians. The fires had torn through extensive areas in East Gippsland, sparking concerns for the survival of the frog, which is considered critically endangered in Victoria. Continue reading...

2019-20年山火后从维多利亚州东部采集的南方巨掘穴蛙蝌蚪，在墨尔本动物园完成变态并首次人工繁育，其中53只已放归原生栖息地。这一物种在维多利亚州仅存五处已知繁殖地，山火、干旱与栖息地破坏仍是长期威胁。