Endangered Baw Baw Frog has its own national awareness day

November 18 has officially been proclaimed as National Baw Baw Frog Day, to raise awareness of the endangered Victorian frog.

The Baw Baw Frog, according to Zoos Victoria, is one of Victoria's unique animals.

The tiny, brown amphibian lives on the slopes of Mount Baw Baw, at the southern tip of Australia's Great Dividing Range.

The numbers of the endemic Victorian species have dropped to historic lows, with a more than 90 per cent decline in population in the past 15 years.

Read more...http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-18/endangered-baw-baw-frog-to-be-celebrated-on-november-18/6951016 The secretive Baw Baw Frog (Philoria frosti) is only found on the Mt Baw Baw plateau, approximately 120km east of Melbourne.

Baw Baw Frogs have an unusual life history, and are uniquely adapted to their alpine home. Adult frogs live and feed underground, hunting worms and other invertebrates. During summer, they meet to breed in seepage sites along the edges of gullies. Females make a foam nest underground by beating air bubbles into mucous. The tadpoles hatch 5-8 weeks later at a much earlier stage than most other frog species - they don’t feed and instead live off the remaining yolk before metamorphosing into frogs.

Read more...http://www.zoo.org.au/melbourne/animals/baw-baw-frog The Baw Baw frog (Philoria frosti) is a critically endangered species of Australian frog as categorised on the IUCN Red List and listed under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act (1988).

Read more...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baw_Baw_frog