Our endemic & somewhat elusive Tasmanian Tree Frog – Litoria burrowsae
Join us on Thursday 3rd October to hear Craig speak about our native frogs!
The format will follow our regular monthly get togethers, which will be a quick catch up on what’s going on with the club, after the presentation you can grab a cuppa and ask more questions or just hang around and have a chat.
Time and Place
Thursday 3rd October
7.15 pm for a 7.30 pm start
UTAS Sandy Bay Campus in the Law Building Seminar Room (Room 132)
About
Craig’s specialist subject is this relatively common however seldom-encountered large frog species. He is one of only a handful of people who keep this species in captivity and also holds a breeding population.
After many years of trial and error, Craig has gone to great lengths in succeeding to raise and breed this species. He is now one of the few, if not the only current captive breeder of this endemic Tasmanian tree frog species.
Raising the frogs in captivity has enabled him to observe and document many previously undocumented details of their morphology and private lives.
Craig will delve into the evolution, discovery and naming of this species. You will be introduced to some of his “babies” and discover why this somewhat elusive species is both unique and vulnerable.
Registration for non-members
Non-members are welcome, and registration is optional. You may email Fiona on enquiries@tasfieldnats.org.au if you wish to attend or click on the Register button to the right.
If you think that the club is a good fit for you and you would like to regularly attend events then we ask you sign up as a member (https://tasfieldnats.org.au/member
Venue
We use the rear entrance to the building and access is easy – from the corner of Grosvenor St and Alexander St (see red star and arrows on map) walk down the laneway on the northern side of the Law Building and enter via the sliding doors at the back of the building. There should be plenty of parking available close by along Grosvenor St just past View St or on Dobson Road which is one-way down (see green squares). Sometimes sports practice is taking a lot of the parking along Grosvenor Crescent by the oval. Bring a torch if you are worried about the footpaths.
On entry into the lower foyer please enter your name and phone number on the meeting attendance sheet. Access will be from 7.15pm.
Hope to see you there!
We acknowledge and pay our respects to the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we study natural history.