Litoria dentata (Bleating Tree Frog) IUCN Status: Least Concern If you’re keen on frogs and live in Brisbane, I thoroughly recommend heading out after dark to Karawatha Forest in heavy rain or just thereafter. There is an abundance of species and numbers of individuals that is an amazing experience for the eyes and ears. Yet for me it is tinged with the reminder that:
- This fragment of forest is an island of habitat is all that remains in a sea of building.At one point not too long ago this would have been the norm.Habitat loss is considered the main driver of the decline in this species.Further, since the forest is cut off from other similar habitats, if a species perishes from one, there is no corridor for them to return from others.
- We’ve also put the frog populations under pressure with the introduction of cane toads.If you do go walking after dark in Karawatha, take a “toad bucket” as one helpful soul had the night I shot this.
