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Geoffrey Heard, Science Advisor, TSX, The University of Queensland; Australian National University

New data reveals how Australia’s threatened reptiles and frogs are disappearing – and what we have to do

Nicolas Rakotopare, CC BY-ND

Australia is home to extraordinary reptiles and frogs, from giant lace monitors to tiny alpine froglets. Over 1,100 reptiles and 250 frog species are found across the Australian continent and islands. But we are losing them.

So far, one of Australia’s reptiles has become extinct, the delicate Christmas Island forest skink. And seven frogs are thought to be lost forever, including the only two species of gastric brooding frog – famous for their ability to brood their young in the female’s stomach.

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