THREATENED & ENDANGERED SPECIES FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL

Frogs worldwide and our own Growling Grass Frogs found here in Victoria are being decimated by a fungus called Chytrid Fungus.

The Mary River Turtle got the name Penny Turtle in the 1960’s and 70’s as it was traded in pet stores.

It is estimated there are only 5000 Brush-tailed Bettongs in Australia, they have been decimated by introduced foxes and cats as well as a virus.

Karak was the mascot for the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games, to raise awareness for the South Eastern Red-tailed Black Cockatoos as there are only 1400 left.

Like a lot of reptiles in the top end of Australia the Yellow Spotted Monitor has been affected by the introduction of Cane Toads in the 1930’s.

Woma python numbers have declined by as much as two thirds in the wild. Unfortunately there is not a lot of data as to why but we suspect it is largely due to feral cats or supercats.

The Pilbara Olive Python gets up to six metres long and unfortunately used the road as a warm bed resulting in road strikes.

Crocodiles were hunted to near extinction in the 1970’s, this is because there was a demand for their skin, fortunately the hunters realised in time and the tide turned for these great apex predators.