Back from extinction

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 found in rainforests to the north and west of Cairns:

“It turns out that these frogs are living in an area that we wouldn’t have expected them to be living at,”

Original story on the ABC’s web site.

About Stewart Macdonald

I'm a wildlife ecologist living and working in Queensland, Australia. I spend most of my time in the bush finding and photographing wildlife.
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