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15Jan

Kroombit Threatened Frogs Project Update – October 2021

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THE KROOMBIT TINKERFROG (Taudactylus pleione) is one of Australia’s most threatened frog species. Found only at Kroombit Tops National Park, south-west of Gladstone, this critically endangered species faces a number of threats to its survival, including predation and habitat disturbance by feral pigs (see ‘The problem with (feral) pigs’ in the Mid-Autumn 2021 issue of […]

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18Jul

Kroombit Threatened Frogs Project Update – June 2021

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IN APRIL THIS YEAR, QFS volunteers returned to Kroombit Tops National Park to conduct further surveys for the critically endangered Kroombit Tinkerfrog (Taudactylus pleione) and Kroombit Treefrog (Litoria kroombitensis) as part of QFS’s Kroombit Threatened Frogs Project – a project funded by the Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage’s Community Sustainability Action grant scheme. Despite […]

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28Apr

Ric Nattrass Research Grant 2021 Recipient Announced!

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CONGRATULATIONS TO MICKAYLA HEINEMANN, recipient of the 2021 Ric Nattrass Research Grant! Mickayla is currently undertaking her Honours degree at the University of Southern Queensland, and is researching how methods for surveying frog populations can be improved. She told us that “while there are many techniques that do a great job, they all have limitations, […]

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