I hope they are there, but there was no sign of them. There was quite alot of cover in the form of some logs and lots of rocky crevices though. Linda has been helping me with researching them as a native German and has found information that says the water pH has been affected by past mining activities...
Where we went:
Habitat along a small stream:
We have lost several species of frog in Australia from Chytrid.
- Both species of stomach brooding frog (Rheobatrachus)
- Northern Tinker Frog (Taudactylus rheophilus)
- Sharp Snouted Frog (Taudactylus acutirostris)
- Day Frog (Taudactylus diurnus)
- Nyakala frog (Litoria nyakalensis)
- Northern yellow spotted tree frog (Litoria sp)
Others are on the brink:
- Corroborree Frog (Pseudophryne corroborree)
- Booroolong Frog (Litoria booroolongensis)
All populations above 300m ASL of lacelids (Litoria dayi), Common mistfrogs (Litoria rheocola), Waterfall frogs (Litoria nannotis)
Some were thought lost but have been rediscovered:
- Armoured frog (Litoria lorica)
- Peppered Frog (Litoria piperata)
- Southern yellow spotted swamp frog (Litora raniformis castanea)
So we do know all about Chytrid in Australia unfortunately.