Lifeline for the Corroboree frogs as genome mapped

Lifeline for the Corroboree frogs as genome mapped

“I just really love them so, they’re a really unique little frog, they’re bright, black and yellow, and kind of round, and they walk instead of jump,” Dr Tiffany Kosch said. Photo: Namadgi National Park. The Southern Corroboree frog is almost extinct in its natural habitat of Kosciuszcko, due to the chytridiomycosis fungus, and the loss of rare alpine habitat, but new genome mapping of the amphibian could bring it back from the brink. It’s a pro…