Endangered frogs released into ACT wild for the first time since the 1980s | ABC NEWS
The green and gold bell frog will be released into the wild in the ACT for the first time since the 1980s. Researchers at the University of Canberra have been breeding the species to withstand a deadly fungus that’s responsible for the decline and extinctions of amphibian species. Associate Professor in conservation ecology Dr Simon Clulow says it’s a surreal feeling to release the frogs after working on the species for almost 20 years. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE
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