I hatched out of a white, spherical, marble sized egg. Me, a Southern Corroboree Frog about the size of a paperclip. I hatched along with 23 siblings, and I live at Mount Kosciuszko.
One day we were INVADED!!!!!! We had our habitat invaded by the Common Toadlets which spread the deadly chytrid fungus. It thrives on keratin. Before we knew it our habitat was in ruins, our numbers dangerously low and our status critically endangered but now people at Zoos Australia are helping us.
They breed us then release back into the wild. Thanks to their help our numbers in the wild have improved drastically. Now it’s time to sleep as the sky is streaked with pink and orange paint brushes and fading to black. That is a Corroboree Frogs story.
FACTS ABOUT THE CORROBOREE FROGÂ
Around the 1970s and the early 1980s Corroboree frogs were invaded by the Common Toadlets. The chytrid fungus leads to skin destruction then death. It does need keratin to survive so the eggs are fine. At one point their numbers were lower than 50. They lay 20-30 eggs at a time. Corroboree frogs weigh as much as a 50 cent coin and are as big as a paper clip. If you want more information click here. Or go to https://zoosvic.sharepoint.com/:p:/s/ZoosVictoriaFightingExtinctionSchools/ESxSZXMtAYVGlOb5QgKPFvoBW4tHBAzZcQ-sajLFqxEmDw?rtime=FPLAuY-z3Ug
