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Old 05-02-2008, 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by ozwildlife View Post
The last Southern Gastric-brooding Frog was seen in the wild in 1979, and its close relative the Northern Gastric-brooding Frog (R. vitellinus) has not been seen since 1985. The Queensland Government still optimistically lists them as endangered.
That is an interesting fact - quite remarkable!
I hope that either Gastric-brooding Frogs will be rediscovered in some remote, forgotten place one of these days! .
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