Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary tinker frog breeding programme

Chlidonias · 10 Mar 2011

Rare frog being bred in captivity - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

A Gold Coast fauna park is now home to some of the most endangered frogs in Australia.

The Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary says it has successfully bred tadpoles from a small group of tinker frogs.

The tiny amphibians are native to the Eungella National Park near Mackay in north Queensland.

The senior reptile keeper at the wildlife sanctuary, Natalie Hill, says the population has expanded since three tinker frogs were brought to the Gold Coast last year.

"She has around 60 eggs, only 25 of those fertilised and 25 of those are now tadpoles," she said.

"We don't know how long they take to develop from tadpole to metamorphosis stage - we are learning so much about the species.

"We've only got three adults and five metamorphs and 25 tadpoles. We hardly know anything about the species, so that's another reason why we had to bring them into captivity so all this information we are learning about these frogs we can then apply to the rest of the genus."
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Hix · 10 Mar 2011

The frogs are being kept in a refurbished shipping container:
http://www.zoochat.com/60/frog-breeding-container-166391/

This is the sign they had displayed when I was there last June:
http://www.zoochat.com/60/signage-166438/

Hix

Kifaru Bwana · 12 Mar 2011

Hix said: ↑

The frogs are being kept in a refurbished shipping container:
http://www.zoochat.com/60/frog-breeding-container-166391/

This is the sign they had displayed when I was there last June:
http://www.zoochat.com/60/signage-166438/

Hix
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Probably an Amphibian Crisis biosecure unit.
Nice to read that this endangered frog species is getting the headstart treatment .. and that captive-breeding has succeeded (even more important).

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