Endangered waterfall frog

Chytridiomycosis, a disease caused by the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), has caused declines and, more depressingly, extinctions in amphibian populations around the world. However,...

New Zealand has 4 species of native frogs that are all endemic. All 4 are threatened with extinction. A major focus of the amphibian research at...

All of our reptiles and amphibians are fully protected by law. It is illegal to collect skinks and geckos, and you need a special permit to...

Cath Battersby