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The Frog Doctor
Phone: +61 427 398 456
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25.01.2022 Happy New Year Frogstars, checkout these frogs from around this country of ours. Regards Johnny
23.01.2022 Hey Frogstars, I’m changing hats to present this workshop, places are filling fast so get in quick as places are limited. Johnny
17.01.2022 Believe it or not, stinky sausages made of cane toad flesh made for one of your favourite yarns of the year. The unusual exercise formed part of a program to help protect native wildlife #BestOf2018
17.01.2022 A good night out frogging in my backyard, lots of burrowing frogs such as the Banjo and Moaning frogs. The large lady Banjo frog was in her normal spot, she must be used to me by now. For the Moaning frogs the Equinox is the trigger for the males to make their way down to the wetlands, mainly seasonal wetlands. Hence if you have your retic settings too high, it usually means they’ll mistaken that as a wetland and park themselves in your garden bed, which could mean sleepless nights for you if you’re not used to them. So take home message is, turn down your retic folks
11.01.2022 Wow, what a special person
11.01.2022 It’s good to see this collaborative efforts to try and save these little frogs
10.01.2022 Hey Frogstars, a true gentleman of the fleet is down here this weekend to give some pretty interesting night walks. Joe Tonga is known as the Batman for his ability to identify and record the local bats, he’s also got pole cameras to look into hollows. If you get a chance get along. Tell him the Frog Doctor sent you
09.01.2022 Today is World Wetlands Day! We are fortunate to have many beautiful wetlands in our catchment. The Big Swamp in Bunbury provides social, ecological and economic values to our community. We need to work together to protect our wetlands into the future. Happy World Wetlands Day everyone!
06.01.2022 History has shown, hard hooved livestock in wetlands and waterways means degraded water quality. That means you have excess nutrients, lots of sediment, low oxygen and in extreme cases lots of dead fish, as we’ve seen over east. This Northampton farmer is years ahead of his time
05.01.2022 Oh dear, I think I’m into a cross between Paul Hogan and Russell Coight !!!
05.01.2022 Everything we do has a flow on effect and we’re not immuned
03.01.2022 Jagumba the Southern Corroboree Frog turns 20, and is still one of Melbourne Zoo's most important breeding females and can be credited with saving her species. ...Zoos Victoria statement: "She might only be the size of a 10-cent piece, but Melbourne Zoo Southern Corroboree Frog, Jagumba, can be credited with the survival of her species, as she reaches the ripe old age of 20 years. Melbourne Zoo’s Reptiles team is celebrating Jagumba’s breeding milestones this World Frog Day (Wednesday 20 March), as they prepare to release more than 1000 eggs of this critically endangered species into the wild. Amphibian Specialist Damian Goodall said Jagumba was collected from Mount Kosciuszko in 1999 as an egg, and had been actively contributing to developing the Zoo’s successful breeding program since 2001. She came to us in 2001 and was the first female Corroboree frog that we kept here in captivity at Melbourne Zoo. This year, she will be 20 years old and is still one of our most important breeding females. It is pretty amazing for a frog to reach that age and still laying viable clutches of eggs every year, Mr Goodall said. We have been breeding Southern Corroboree Frogs for more than 10 years in this climate controlled facility at Melbourne Zoo, which houses seven breeding enclosures, with about 50 breeding pairs inside it. The tiny, but brilliantly-coloured, Southern Corroboree Frog (Pseudophryne corroboree) is an Australian icon. Restricted to the Snowy Mountains region of Kosciuszko National Park in New South Wales, the key threat driving this species towards extinction is disease the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus (Chytridomycosis). Mr Goodall said the Southern Corroboree Frog is considered to be one of Australia’s most endangered frog species. Recent surveys up at Mt Kosciusko conducted by NSW Office of Environment and Heritage still show low numbers in the wild; there were less than 20 males recorded calling last breeding season. But hope is not lost for this vibrant amphibian. So far we’ve had a successful season, producing over 1000 fertile eggs. We’re planning on releasing these eggs back into the wild in Kosciuszko National Park in large purpose-built disease-free enclosures that are free from Chytrid Fungus. Hopefully in these they can start producing large numbers in their own natural environment. Zoos Victoria has been developing successful captive breeding techniques for the Southern Corroboree Frog since 2001 - an important contribution to the National Recovery Program. Since the recovery program commenced, Melbourne Zoo has released over 5000 SCF eggs back into the wild." www.7plus.com.au/news #7News
01.01.2022 Johnny Prefumo, LCC Project Officer, Frog Doctor and Gardening Guru bringing you some useful gardening tips! With the incoming rain, it’s a good opportunity to ...feed your plants and lawn with the minimum of impact on our waterways, here’s how: -Apply soil wetter to your garden and lawn areas, once you apply it allow the rain to activate it -Use Mineral Fertiliser at the recommended rates -Build the soil by adding compost to your lawn, ornamental plants and veggies, if you have sandy soil add clay as well. Love the Leschenault folks
