Grant WEBSTER

Grant is a research biologist and conservation ecologist with a strong background in Australian flora and fauna. He is a specialist in amphibian biology, and has an expert knowledge of Australian frogs, with over 20 years experience in the field. He is an enthusiastic researcher and has a solid and diverse general knowledge of ecological communities, standard ecological practices and methodologies. He has worked on-and-off in the ecological consulting industry since 2006.

Grant received his PhD through the University of New England in March 2026, with a thesis titled: The Ecology and Conservation of Mahony’s Toadlet (Uperoleia mahonyi). Grant's earlier university studies included a BSc (Hons1), with a thesis titled: "Revelations on Dynamic Sexual Dichromatism in Frogs"; an MRes with the thesis: "Geographic variation in the frog, Pseudophryne bibronii" - both completed at Macquarie University.

A long-term member of the Frog and Tadpole Study Group of NSW (FATS) since 2002, his involvement including leading field trips, presentations at public meetings and writing articles for their newsletter FrogCall. He has been a member of the Australian Society of Herpetologists since 2013, presenting research at their 2013, 2016, 2022 and 2025 conferences. Currently a member of the World Congress of Herpetology, presenting research at the 2020 (Dunedin, NZ) and 2024 (Kuching, Borneo) conferences.

Some of his published literature includes the articles: "Evolution of dynamic sexual dichromatism in frogs" (Bell et al. 2017); "A new genus for four myobatrachid Frogs from the South Western Australian Ecoregion" (Webster & Bool 2022); and "Male nuptial display colour and vocalisation appear to signal independent information in the whirring tree frog" (Webster et al. 2023).