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Frog Habitat

The breeding sites are within a tiny area in the downstream sections of streams where they enter the Barron River and the total distribution occurs within an area of less than 3 sq. kilometres. The distribution occurs around the township of Kuranda [link to specific map], in the mountains about 18 km north-west of Cairns. 

Extremely high water quality is required by these rainforest frogs for breeding. Water quality can be improved by rainforest canopy shading, by eliminating stream bank erosion as the sediment will collect in the breeding riffles and destroy the algae which tadpoles rely upon for food before metamorphosis.

The total adult population of the Kuranda Frog has been estimated at < 1000 individuals and may well be considerably less than this, particularly given population declines over the last decade. One of these populations is relatively large (in the hundreds of individuals) whereas the rest are small (< 50 individuals).

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Threats
It is possible that frog populations will decline associated with regional threats such as urbanisation and road development. 

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PicturePhoto: Conrad Hoskin
A typical small permanent creek in the Myola area. Usually with clean and clear water, these areas are under threat from land development.

Phone: 07 4093 8989/4093 8393  ~~  Email: [email protected]  ~~  Write: PO Box 494 Kuranda 4881
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284 Myola Rd, Myola , Kuranda 4881
beyond the Kuranda Aquatic centre

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Saturday 10am - noon 
or ph. 0419 624 940 for appointment
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  • Home
  • About us
  • Projects
    • Macro invertebrates (What's in our Creeks)
    • Frog logo and T shirt competiton winners
    • Connecting Corridors Project
    • Bird Monitoring Project
    • Frog Monitoring Project
    • Frog Friendly Neighbourhood
    • Yellow Crazy Ants
    • GROW Project 1
  • Nursery
  • Get Involved
  • Shop
  • Tree Planting for Groups
  • Regional planning
    • Land development history
    • Kurworld >
      • TOO BIG
      • WRONG PLACE
      • NOT ENOUGH WATER TOO MUCH WASTE
      • ROAD CONGESTION
      • EMPTY PROMISES
      • NO TRUST
      • KEC Position
      • Resources
      • Submission Form
  • Invasive species
  • Local threatened species
  • Newsletter Archive
  • Contact us
  • Citizen science blog