Growling Grass Frogs in Darebin Creek Catchment
In 2021-22 citizen scientists monitored a number of sites for Growling Grass Frogs (Litoria raniformis) in the Darebin Creek Catchment. This involved the coordination of volunteers across the catchment to monitor through listening for calls during mating season and searching for frogs in the later summer months. DCMC analysed the data collected, historical population data and habitat condition records to determine population size and trajectory.
The analysis by the DCMC and the broader DELWP monitoring showed a decline in populations of L. raniformis and a trajectory towards regional extinction, underpinning the need for conservation action.
There will be ongoing annual GGF monitoring at these sites, 2022-23 will get underway from late October.
The Darebin Creek Management Committee acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Custodians of the Darebin Creek, its land and tributaries. The Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people have protected and cared for the Darebin Creek for tens of thousands of years. We pay tribute to elders, past present and emerging and extend this respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. If you care and respect the Darebin Creek Country it will care for you.
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