30/07/2026
Say hello to the critically-endangered mountain-top nursery frog 🖐. It's only found in the Wet Tropics and we'll be working with Western Yalanji traditional owners, James Cook University researchers, Gulf Savannah NRM and the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service to help protect its breeding sites.
This frog species' home is Mt Lewis National Park west of Port Douglas - in dense rainforest above 1100 metres. So it's considered one of the most range-restricted frog species in Australia.
Our project includes:
🐸 Putting pig-exclusion fencing around known frog breeding sites
🐸 Monitoring the fencing and surveying feral pig damage so that we can take the most effective control measures
🐸 Research through monitoring protected and unprotected habitat and looking at breeding success, the amount of woody debris and the numbers of small palm trees (Linospadix apetiolatus) that the frogs live in and near... to guide ways we can build resilience in this species and hopefully other frog species down the track.
This project received grant funding from the Australian Government Saving Native Species program.
Find out more here: https://terrain.org.au/mountain-top-nursery-frog/
Image: A J Dennis
JCU: James Cook University, Australia Western Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water Threatened Species Commissioner Queensland Environment Endangered Australian Animals
