'Extinct' frog species found again after 30 years

[findiviglio]

Hi all,

I believe the 're-discovered" frog is Litoria castanea. In the early 90's I bred the Green and Gold Bell Frog, L. auria, at the Bronx Zoo. The tadpoles were ravenous, consumed everything from algae tabs to dead minnows. There was a very high incidence of deformed metamorphs; experimented with UVB, dietary changes to no avail...I've not followed up on the species lately, will look into it.

Best, Frank http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatre...bian-articles/

[SludgeMunkey]

Various versions of this article popped up in my RSS feeds over the last few days. I was delighted to see a missing species managed to hold out on its own in the wild. What worries me about the entire situation is one of the researchers brought up the possibility to an immunity to bD. Now that humans know they are there, I fear they may get exposed to this fungus by the very folks trying to save them. I hope that captive breeding efforts are successful.

[willtilian]

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