TY - CHAP
T1 - Reintroduction of green and golden bell frogs into created habitats on Kooragang Island, Australia
T2 - Case Study
AU - Klop-Toker, Kaya
AU - Callen, Alex
AU - King, John Paul
AU - Beranek, Chad
AU - Lenga, Dean
AU - Valdez, Jose W.
AU - Clulow, Simon
AU - Pizzatto, Lígia
AU - Stockwell, Michelle P.
AU - Clulow, John
AU - Mahony, Michael J
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The Green and golden bell frog (Litoria aurea), is a semi-aquatic hylid native to south-eastern Australia. Despite being invasive in New Zealand and New Caledonia, L. aurea has disappeared from over 90% of its historical range (Mahony et al., 2013), and now persists only as fragmented populations, predominately along the coast. Consequently, L. aurea is listed as Vulnerable under the IUCN Red List and Australian Commonwealth legislation, and endangered under NSW State legislation. The pathogenic Chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) (Stockwell et al., 2010), habitat loss, and predation by invasive mosquitofish, are the major threats. This reintroduction took place on Kooragang Island (KI) at the mouth of the Hunter River north of Newcastle, NSW, Australia. KI contains one of the largest remnant L. aurea populations in Australia.
AB - The Green and golden bell frog (Litoria aurea), is a semi-aquatic hylid native to south-eastern Australia. Despite being invasive in New Zealand and New Caledonia, L. aurea has disappeared from over 90% of its historical range (Mahony et al., 2013), and now persists only as fragmented populations, predominately along the coast. Consequently, L. aurea is listed as Vulnerable under the IUCN Red List and Australian Commonwealth legislation, and endangered under NSW State legislation. The pathogenic Chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) (Stockwell et al., 2010), habitat loss, and predation by invasive mosquitofish, are the major threats. This reintroduction took place on Kooragang Island (KI) at the mouth of the Hunter River north of Newcastle, NSW, Australia. KI contains one of the largest remnant L. aurea populations in Australia.
M3 - Other chapter contribution
SP - 70
EP - 81
BT - Global conservation translocation perspectives: 2021
A2 - Soorae , Pritpal S.
PB - IUCN
ER -