Plants and Animals in the Murray Darling Basin
ANIMALS
There are lots of different types of animals in the Murray Darling Basin. For example the murray cod, the bush stone curlew, gippsland water dragon, azure water fisher, barking owl and much more.
One of those animals is the corroboree frog
Corroborre Frog
The corroboree frog also known as the pseudophryne frog is one of Australia's most endangered animals due to a disease called chytridomycosis. The name 'CORROBOREE' comes from the bright yellow markings which resemble the body paint used in traditional Aboriginal corroborees (gatherings). These spectacular
animals are very well known and unusual.
The corroboree frog is a really tiny amphibian, almost half the size of a finger. The awesome animal has bright yellow and black patterned skin. The corroboree frog has its own poison in its skin unlike other poisonous animals who eat to form there poison. Adult corroboree frogs grow up to 2.5 to 3 centimetres and surprisingly the female frogs are larger than the males. The corroboree frog makes a really weird noise which sounds like a wet finger running down a balloon. These amphibians have really rough, slimy skin but there belly is really smooth.
The corroboree frogs diet is very similar to other frogs. The adults eat mostly ants, beetles and mites whilst the young frogs also known as froglets eat beetles, bugs, very little of ants, insect larvae and mites. Did you know that corroboree frogs don't eat much in winter, in fact they don't eat at all?
There are lots of different types of animals in the Murray Darling Basin. For example the murray cod, the bush stone curlew, gippsland water dragon, azure water fisher, barking owl and much more.
One of those animals is the corroboree frog
Corroborre Frog
The corroboree frog also known as the pseudophryne frog is one of Australia's most endangered animals due to a disease called chytridomycosis. The name 'CORROBOREE' comes from the bright yellow markings which resemble the body paint used in traditional Aboriginal corroborees (gatherings). These spectacular
animals are very well known and unusual.
The corroboree frog is a really tiny amphibian, almost half the size of a finger. The awesome animal has bright yellow and black patterned skin. The corroboree frog has its own poison in its skin unlike other poisonous animals who eat to form there poison. Adult corroboree frogs grow up to 2.5 to 3 centimetres and surprisingly the female frogs are larger than the males. The corroboree frog makes a really weird noise which sounds like a wet finger running down a balloon. These amphibians have really rough, slimy skin but there belly is really smooth.
The corroboree frogs diet is very similar to other frogs. The adults eat mostly ants, beetles and mites whilst the young frogs also known as froglets eat beetles, bugs, very little of ants, insect larvae and mites. Did you know that corroboree frogs don't eat much in winter, in fact they don't eat at all?
Corroboree frogs live in small areas of south eastern New South Wales and Victoria. Their found in the sphagnum moss bogs in the Australian Alps. The little frogs are also found in Mount Kosciuszko National Park in the Snowy Mountains in New South Wales.
The reproduction for a corroboree frog is quite simple. It first starts by the male frog digging up a burrow for the jelly looking eggs. The tadpoles start to grow in the eggs which take about 4 weeks but, unlike other tadpoles they stay in their eggs for about 6-7 months and wait for rain to flood the burrow. Once the burrow is flooded they hatch out of the eggs. Within the next summer they turn into young corroboree frogs.
overall corroboree frogs are amazing of how they live in their habitats and how they look because of their awesome colours.
For more information of corroboree frogs visit: http://www.corroboreefrog.com.au/index.php?option=com_topsites&id=1&task=in"
The reproduction for a corroboree frog is quite simple. It first starts by the male frog digging up a burrow for the jelly looking eggs. The tadpoles start to grow in the eggs which take about 4 weeks but, unlike other tadpoles they stay in their eggs for about 6-7 months and wait for rain to flood the burrow. Once the burrow is flooded they hatch out of the eggs. Within the next summer they turn into young corroboree frogs.
overall corroboree frogs are amazing of how they live in their habitats and how they look because of their awesome colours.
For more information of corroboree frogs visit: http://www.corroboreefrog.com.au/index.php?option=com_topsites&id=1&task=in"
<------------Labeled Diagram of a corroboree frog
PLANTS
There are a variety of plants in the Murray Darling Basin for example the silver daisy bush, darling lily, resin wattle, coloured spider orchid, monarto mintbush and much more.
For more information on plants in the murray darling basin visit: http://www.naturalresources.sa.gov.au/samurraydarlingbasin/plants-animals/native-plants-and-animals/native-plants