Scientists are warning a species of mountain frog only discovered this year could be extinct by 2055 despite residing in a rainforest with the same World Heritage status as the Great Barrier Reef.
Southern Cross University senior lecturer and project lead, David Newell, said six of the seven species of mountain frogs lived solely in the cool, upland mountain rainforests within the Gondwana World Heritage-listed national parks around the New South Wales/Queensland border.
