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Booroolong Frog breeding habitat

            A typical breeding site of the Booroolong Frog, Ranoidea booroolongensis [Pelodrydidae; Pelodryadinae], from Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales, Australia.

This 'side pool' contained hundreds of Booroolong Frog tadpoles. Sites like this develop when cobble banks 'cut' a side flow from the associated main river (background), directing water to form still, or slowly flowing, shallow pools. Still and shallow, 'rock pools' on exposed bedrock on river banks are also used as breeding sites. Despite being an obligate riverine species, Booroolong Frogs require still or very slow flowing water for egg laying. Upon hatching, tadpoles may enter the main channel of the river either during flood events or natural dispersal (or otherwise, remain in the spawning pool), where they complete development.

While listed as an Endangered species, Booroolong Frogs remain relatively common in areas of suitable habitat on the Central and Southern Tablelands, and South-west Slopes, of New South Wales. However, in the north of its range (the North-west Slopes and New England/Northern Tablelands), it persists in only a very small number of sites, from a region where it was formerly abundant. Sadly the species is thought extinct from the locality it draws its namesake - "Boorolong Creek", in the Armidale region of northern New South Wales.

Taken on: December 12, 2024

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