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年山火後從維多利亞州東部採集的南方巨掘穴蛙蝌蚪，在墨爾本動物園完成變態並首次人工繁育，其中53只已放歸原生棲息地。這一物種在維多利亞州僅存五處已知繁殖地，山火、乾旱與棲息地破壞仍是長期威脅。