Re: [RML] African frogs

Frex (frex at macrae.com.au)
Sun, 01 Jun 1997 15:16:42 +1000

At 01:08 PM 6/1/97 +1000, you wrote:
>That's them - histrionics was probably the way I was behaving when I saw
>them ;-)
>
>Does anyone keep and breed Corroboree Frogs down your way Andrew ? Last I
>heard they were declining seriously in numbers in the wild but I guess the
>"powers that be" wouldn't consider allowing captive breeding as a genetic
>"stockpile" in case of "wipeout" in the wild.

The Upland (Alpine) Corroborrees are cactus AFAIK. The lowland (Montane)
ones are a bit better off. Nobody has/is breeding them AFAIK.

The expert is Dr Will Osbourne. He was very approachable when he worked for
ACT Parks and Sparks, but is harder to reach now... perhaps one of the ACT
listmembers who knows Will could ask him how they are going?

Are there any professional Froggo's on the list? :)

Regards, Andrew
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