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Why Is Northern Correboree Frog Endangered

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1) Common Name: Northern Corroboree Frog. Scientific Name: Pseudophryne pengilleyi.

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Source: Australian National Herbarium.

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Source: Special Profile and Threats Database.

4) Male Northern Correboree Frogs move into the breeding sites in summer and call their mates in late January to early March from covered mossy chambers at the edges of Sphagnum Bog pools and other overgrown places. When the females briefly visit the calling males they typically lay 20-30 eggs in a nest.

5) The Northern Correboree Frog is an endangered species that is restricted to montane, subalpine woodlands, grassland and heathland 1,000 metres above sea level. The estimated amount of Northern Correboree Frogs is 1000-5000. One of the reasons why the Northern Correboree Frog is endangered is because of climate change. Climate change affects the Northern Correboree Frog because it was predicted that its population would decrease in winter and spring precipitation because, this would make one of the popular breeding habitats (edges of bog pools) very saturated and dry, which makes it hard for the frogs to breed.

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The Northern Correboree Frogs were quite abundant and plentiful in the Fiery Range. Only one population, Ginni Flats ( a sub-alpine area), was monitored annually, and in these inspections, the scientists and people monitoring these sites found out the numbers of frogs had substantially dropped and has been low ever since. Despite these statistics, with my gathered information I assume that in the past 200 years till now, had a huge difference in population, meaning that the Northern Correboree Frogs are

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