Couple of frog pix

[Rach85]

They honestly were in the house, I would much rather find and photograph them in their natural habitat... and what would've been the right stuff for my brother to wash his hands with?

 

[Bearded_Lady]

I blame striped marsh frogs :lol: it is a shame about the chytrid fungus, I have only gotten in to "frogging" recently and it seems like a disapointing hobby as so many of the frogs are declining. pretty sure we have only lost 3 species so far (2 gastric brooders and some day frog) but I reckon we are gonna loose a whole lot more soon.

It is a real shame about the extinct of the Rheobatrachus species as they were truly unique and fascinating. I agree with you though about further extinctions... Corroborree frogs arent very far away I believe. At current trends, they are expected to be extinct in about 3-5 years Taronga Zoo have been undertaking a captive breeding program with them for quite a few years now, but they have had limited success.

 

[JoshMVG]

F10 or boiling water are the only ways to be sure
take ur pick

 

[Bearded_Lady]

They honestly were in the house, I would much rather find and photograph them in their natural habitat... and what would've been the right stuff for my brother to wash his hands with?

Not doubting you at all about finding the frogs. Best thing for them in terms of handling would have been probably a bit of bottled (dechlorinated water) on your hands to keep them moist and to prevent damage to their delicate skin.

 

[Rach85]

ok cool... i know now for the future...

 

[JoshMVG]

Yeah dont Tarongah Zoo have to artificially fertiliise the eggs using a frog IVF program cos they cant get them to breed ?

 

[ryanharvey1993]

yes as said, dechlorinated water, only reason I think that repti hand is a bad idea is because most of the stuff like that does more harm then good. I would only use F10 because I know a lot of people use that as it kills chytrid.

 

[Bearded_Lady]

I thought they were awesome pictures All I've seen in my backyard are perons tree frogs lol.

 

[JoshMVG]

Yeah sorry Rach, I hope that ur were taking them outside, but if did just pick them up for a photo at least now u know not to do it again

 

[ryanharvey1993]

if anyone is interested in this, did a quick search as I was curious as to what is endangered at the moment. I have only seen about 5 species on that list in the wild.
Frogs Australia Network - Frog Declines
Australia's Extinct Frogs

• Rheobatrachus silus- Southern Gastric-brooding Frog
• Rheobatrachus vitellinus - Northern Gastric-brooding Frog
• Taudactylus diurnus- Southern Day Frog

Australia's Critically Endangered Frogs

• Cophixalus concinnus- Elegant Frog
• Geocrinia alba- White-bellied Frog
• Litoria booroolongensis- Booroolng Frog
• Litoria castanea- Yellow-Spotted Tree Frog
• Litoria lorica- Armoured Mist Frog
• Litoria nyakalensis- Mountain Mist Frog
• Litoria piperata- Peppered Tree Frog
• Litoria spenceri- Spotted Tree Frog
• Philoria frosti- Baw Baw Frog
• Pseudophryne corroboree- Southern Corroboree Frog
• Taudactylus acutirostris- Sharp-snouted Day Frog
• Taudactylus pleione- Pleione's Torrent Frog
• Taudactylus eungellensis- Eungella Day Frog
• Taudactylus rheophilus- Northern Tinker Frog

Australia's Endangered Frogs

• Cophixalus mcdonaldi- McDonald's Frog
• Cophixalus monticola- Mountain Nursery Frog
• Cophixalus neglectus- Neglected Frog
• Litoria brevipalmata- Green Thighed Frog
• Litoria cooloolensis- Cooloola Tree Frog
• Litoria nannotis- Waterfall Frog
• Litoria raniformis- Growling Grass Frog
• Litoria rheocola- Common Mist Frog
• Mixophyes fleayi- Fleay's Barred Frog
• Mixophyes iteratus- Giant Barred Frog
• Nyctimystes dayi- Australian Lace-lid
• Philoria kundagungan- Red and Yellow Mountain Frog
• Philoria loveridgei- Loveridge's Mountain Frog
• Philoria pughi - Pugh's Frog
• Philoria richmondensis - Richmond's Frog
• Philoria sphagnicolus- Sphagnum Frog
• Pseudophryne covacevichae- Magnificent Brood Frog
• Pseudophryne pengilleyi- Northern Cooroboree Frog

Australia's Vulnerable Frogs

• Cophixalus aenigma
• Cophixalus hosemeri- Hosmer's Frog
• Cophixalus saxatilis- Rock Frog
• Crinia tinnula- Wallum Froglet
• Geocrinia vitellina- Orange-bellied Frog
• Heleioporus australiacus- Giant Burrowing Frog
• Litoria andiirrmalin- Meville Range Tree Frog
• Litoria aurea- Green and Golden Bell Frog
• Litoria daviesae- Davies' Tree Frog
• Litoria freycineti- Freycinet's Frog
• Litoria olongburensis- Wallum Sedge Frog

Australia's Near Threatened Frogs

• Adelotis brevis- Tusked Frog
• Cophixalus bombiens- Buzzing Frog
• Cophixalus crepitans- Rattling Frog
• Cophixalus exiguus- Scanty Frog
• Geocrinia lutea- Saffron Frog
• Litoria pearsoniana- Cascade Tree Frog
• Pseudophryne bibronii- Bibron's Toadlet
• Taudactylus liemi- Liem's Frog