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Unit 08 – A Great Leap Forward 1.
Northern Barred Frog Habitat: Found in mountainous rainforest pools and fast flowing streams from near Cooktown to Townsville. It’s call sounds like “waark” or “grump”. Diet: Water beetles, insects, worms. Threats: Disease and climate change. All species of animals that live in the mountains are threatened by climate change. They will have to adapt to warmer conditions or they will die out.
2. Ornate Nursery Frog
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Appearance: A smallish frog about 5 cm long. The back of this frog is slate, olive or dull coloured with irregular dark patches. The tummy part of the frog is cream in colour, often with brown on the throat. The fingers and toes are webbed. Finger and toe discs are large. Habitat: The waterfall frog lives in fast flowing streams around waterfalls and cascades in the rainforest. It hides on boulders and beside or behind waterfalls. This frog lives in the Wet Tropics between Paluma and Cooktown. It makes a growling souns when calling for a mate. Diet: Algae and small insects. Threats: Recent studies show disease may be killing these beautiful frogs and other high altitude stream dwelling frog species. Climate change may also cause extinction. Scientist remain gloomy about the future survival of this frog.
5. White Lipped Tree Frog  Litoria infrafrenata Queensland Legislative Status: Protected Appearance: The worlds largest tree frog growing in length to 14cm. Green body with white stripe on lower jaw, and a long flattened body. Habitat: Suburban homes and gardens, paperbark swamps and open forests in the coastal lowlands from Cape York to Rollingstone (Qld) and New Guinea. Diet: Worms, insects, spiders. Threats: In urban areas this frog is threatened by disease, dog and cat attacks and loss of habitat such as swamp drainage to build more houses. The good news is that this frog can adapt to urban life in frog friendly gardens.
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