Endangered giant burrowing frog returns to wild after tadpoles rescued from ashes of black summer fires
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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
A southern giant burrowing frog about to be released in Gippsland. Photograph: Zoos Victoria A southern giant burrowing frog about to be released in Gippsland. Photograph: Zoos VictoriaEndangered 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.
