Photo: John Lane

The Endangered Southern Corroboree Frog is one of Australia’s best known frog species because of its brightly coloured pattern of yellow and black stripes.  Zoos Victoria has been making an important contribution to this program since 2001 through efforts to develop successful captive breeding techniques.

This frog species only occurs at high altitudes in the Snowy Mountains Region of Kosciuszko National Park, where it breeds in bog and swamp environments. The Southern Corroboree Frog is listed as Endangered under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, and Endangered under the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995.

The Southern Corroboree Frog is seriously threatened with extinction in the wild as a result of disease caused by infection with a pathogen known as the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus. The establishment of a captive breeding program is the only action that will prevent the complete extinction of this spectacular frog species.