Why didn’t the Tasmanian Tree Frog go extinct?

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Daniel van Duinkerken, University of Tasmaina

Category Winner: Wildlife, the Research Animal Photography Awards, Oceania 2026

A Tasmanian Tree Frog (Saganura burrowsi) sits in a collection jar waiting to be tested for the deadly chytrid fungus by researcher Jarrah Dale. The acidic pools in western Lutruwita/Tasmania these frogs call home may provide the answer on how to co-exist with this fungus causing mass amphibian extinctions elsewhere.