Monthly Archives: September 2008

Mt Cootha Botanical Gardens

Posted on Saturday September 27, 2008 by Stewart Macdonald

I was meeting with some friends at Mt Cootha Botanical Gardens today, so I took my camera along to see what I could see. Eastern water dragon (Physignathus lesueurii lesueurii) Eastern water dragon (Physignathus lesueurii lesueurii). He’s opening his mouth … Continue reading →

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Karawatha Forest

Posted on Tuesday September 23, 2008 by Stewart Macdonald

There was a bit of rain about on Saturday night, so some friends and I decided to go down to Karawatha Forest to have a poke around. We heard and saw lots of eastern sedgefrogs (Litoria fallax), plus we heard … Continue reading →

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Back from extinction

Posted on Friday September 12, 2008 by Stewart Macdonald

The armoured mist frog (Litoria lorica) was last seen in 1991 and was thought to have be wiped out by the fungal disease chytridiomycosis. But Professor Ross Alford from James Cook University has told reporters that the frog has been … Continue reading →

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