More than 3,400 southern corroboree frog eggs have been released into their natural habitat in the NSW Snowy Mountains in the hope of bringing the iconic species back from the brink of extinction.
More than 3,400 eggs of the critically endangered southern corroboree frog have been released in Kosciuszko National Park .Amphibian specialists will keep a close eye on how the eggs and frogs survive in the wild.
More than 3,407 eggs have been recently released into the park, in a bid to bring the species back from the brink of extinction."This is the most amount of eggs we've been able to produce since the recovery program started back in 2001."The southern corroboree frog, which measures up to 3 centimetres in length, or around the size of a 20-cent coin, has been under threat since the late 1980s.
Amphibian specialists from the zoos and the NSW government returned to remote areas of the park on Friday to release the remaining 800 eggs. "Over time, hopefully those frogs that survive and come in contact with disease can hopefully build up an immune resistance.The latest release of eggs follows in the footsteps of yearly excursions to Kosciuszko to boost the species' population.
The continued efforts to reintroduce frogs, tadpoles and eggs over the years have been hailed as invaluable to the survival of the species.
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