![]() "This raises serious concern for the survival of frogs under an increasingly fire-prone climate." ![]() "We found that the fires significantly reduced the distributions of at least six frog species and whole communities, especially in the southern NSW region where the fires were more severe. "We looked at the amount of severe burning within the surrounding landscape, and correlated this to the presence, or absence, of frog species to get a picture of local extinction following the bushfires," Dr. Chad Beranek, said concerningly, community-wide losses of amphibian populations were revealed. Lead researcher, University of Newcastle's Dr. ![]() Scientists from the University of Newcastle and the Australian Museum surveyed 35 threatened frog species across more than 400 sites in northeast and southeast NSW over 18 months following the Black Summer fires. ![]() While some species surprised scientists with their fire-proof resilience, others suffered local extinction following the unprecedented fires. ![]()
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