Corroboree frog husbandry manual

The plight of the Northern Corroboree Frog (Pseudophryne pengilleyi) is not far removed from that of the Southern Corroboree Frog. Murray Evans, of Environment ACT, tells us of the captive husbandry program dedicated to the conservation of this beautiful species. View presentation (approx 16 mins) David Hunter - Southern Corroboree Frog. • Improve captive husbandry techniques. • Investigate the differences in the captive husbandry of the Northern Corroboree Frog and its southern counterpart. • Maintain a genetically-diverse captive breeding population. • Supplement wild populations with captive-bred individuals. • Monitor and assess the ongoing status of wild populations. The southern corroboree frog (Pseudophryne corroboree) is an iconic Australian amphibian endemic to the Snowy Mountains region of the state of New South Wales (Hunter et al. ).

The southern corroboree frog (Pseudophryne corroboree) is an iconic Australian amphibian endemic to the Snowy Mountains region of the state of New South Wales (Hunter et al. ). The Southern Corroboree Frog Pseudophryne corroboree is a small myobatrachid frog from southeastern Australia that has rapidly declined in recent decades largely due to disease, caused by. We also thank the staff in the Herpetology Department of Melbourne Zoo for providing the Southern Corroboree Frog eggs, and Taronga Zoo's Herpetofauna Division (Adam Skidmore, Michael McFadden, and Dr Peter Harlow) for advice on captive husbandry requirements, as well as their assistance with the construction of the automated tadpole-rearing.

Dr David Hunter. Healesville Sanctuary, Melbourne Zoo and Taronga are the three main facilities breeding southern corroboree frogs at the moment. Michael. As a result, many amphibian captive breeding programs fail to reliably initiate For example, in the critically endangered northern corroboree frog (P. Corroboree frog, family: Myobatrachidae The breeding season is relatively short because it depends on the alpine climate, usually running between.