New data reveals how Australia’s threatened reptiles and frogs are disappearing – and what we have to do
- Written by Geoffrey Heard, Science Advisor, TSX, The University of Queensland; Australian National University
Nicolas Rakotopare, CC BY-NDAustralia 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...





