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blicspecies.pl?
taxon_id=1915
What is the
difference between
a threatened,
endangered and
vulnerable species.
Use you species as
an example.
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list.org/static/categ
ories_criteria_2_3
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g.au/our_work/savi
ng_the_natural_wo
rld/wildlife_and_h
abitats/iucn_levels
_of_threatened_spe
cies/
ORIGINAL INFORMATION
Copy just the bit that answers your question and
highlight the important words
MY INTERPRETATION
Make a SUMMARY in
dot points in your own
words
This species scientific
Pseudophryne corroboree Southern Corroboree Frog
name is Pseudophryne
Corroboree while its
common name is the
Southern Corroboree
Frog.
ENDANGERED (EN) - A taxon is Endangered when it is
A threatened species is
not Critically Endangered but is facing a very high risk of
any species that is at
extinction in the wild in the near future, as defined by any
risk of endangerment
of the criteria (A to E) as described below.
and even extinction.
VULNERABLE (VU) - A taxon is Vulnerable when it is
A species is classified as
not Critically Endangered or Endangered but is facing a
endangered if in the
high risk of extinction in the wild in the medium-term
near future they are
future, as defined by any of the criteria (A to E) as
considered to be at a
described below.
high risk of being
extinct in the wild but
Threatened species are those that are facing threats to their
still cant be classified
survival, and may be at risk of extinction. The International Union
What is the
distribution of your
species.
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ment.gov.au/cgibin/sprat/public/pu
blicspecies.pl?
taxon_id=1915#dis
tribution
as critically endangered
yet.
A species is classified as
vulnerable if in the
medium-term future
they are considered to
have a high risk of
extinction in the wild
but still cant be
classified as critically
endangered or
endangered.
The Critically
Endangered Southern
Corroborre Frog was
first found to only be at
7 locations from
museum records that
were all in the Snowy
Mountains (Guthega,
Smiggin Holes, Happy
Jacks Plain, Round
Mountain, Alpine Hut,
Pretty Plain and Tooma
Swamp). This
information was
recorded prior to a
survey undertaken by
Osborne (1989), in
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blicspecies.pl?
taxon_id=1915#ha
bitat
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ment.gov.au/cgibin/sprat/public/pu
blicspecies.pl?
taxon_id=1915#au
stralian_distributio
n
Explain in detail,
one management
approach that would
act to eliminate
potential threats to
your species.
best management
approaches that have been
undertaken to eliminate
potential threats to the
Southern Corroboree Frog.
It involves collecting a
The captive breeding population of Southern Corroboree
small number of the
Frogs is now spread over four institutions, including
Southern Corroboree Frogs
Taronga Zoo, Melbourne Zoo, Healesville Sanctuary and eggs from the wild each
the Amphibian Research Centre. Similarly, the Northern
year and placing them in
Corroboree Frog population is split amongst three
specialised climate
institutions, including Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve,
controlled facilities at
Taronga Zoo and Healesville Sanctuary.
either Taronga Zoo,
Melbourne Zoo,
At each of these zoos and reserves, the frogs are housed in Healesville Sanctuary or
specialised, climate-controlled facilities that are designed the Amphibian Research
to closely replicate the cool, semi-alpine environment of
Centre. These facilities
their natural habitat. The facilities each have breeding
have strict quarantine
tanks, tadpole-rearing tanks and shelving to house
protocols to follow to
hundreds of juvenile frogs. Each of the facilities also
ensure the population
employs strict quarantine protocols to ensure that no
growth amongst these
pathogens or diseases can enter these vital insurance
species and are specially
populations.
designed to have a very
similar environment to that
In recent years, successful captive breeding protocols have of what would be found in
been established, allowing for reliable breeding each year their natural habitat, with
since 2011. Due to this success, over 2,000 Southern
each including breeding
Corroboree Frog eggs have been released between 2011
tanks, tadpole-rearing tanks
and 2014 to Kosciuszko National Park. For more details
and shelving to house many
on Corroboree Frog husbandry, click here.
of the young frogs at these
facilities.
Additionally, in order to manage and preserve the genetic
Discuss the
benefits, costs, and
associated issues
with this approach.
What you, or
readers of the Web
Page could
personally do to
improve the species
chance of survival.