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Media archive
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The frogs.org.au media archive project collects newspaper and magazine articles that have featured the Amphibian Research Centre or any of its projects. This is the section for Victorian Frog Group but, using the media archive search, you may access the entire archive. This is an ongoing project - we will be adding articles from both the past and the future.
Most recent articles
Presented below are the most recent articles (according to published date) in this project's section of the archive.
Banana box frogs
Explore - Thursday, December 1, 2005.
Written by Grace Tree
A colour double-spread (plus cover) in "Explore", Australia's National Children's Magazine.Suspiciously written by "Grace Tree", this article features several pictures of the Graceful Tree Frog (or Dainty Tree Frog), well known as a stowaway in banana shipments around Australia.
Australia-wide, as many as 50 000 frogs per year arrive at markets packed in fruit, vegetables, flowers and other produce. Only New South Wales and Victoria have organisations to rescue and care for these frogs. The Victorian Frog Group and the NSW Frog and Tadpole Study Group (FATS) rely on volunteers to provide this service.
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On the watch for frogs
The Latrobe Valley Express - Thursday, November 21, 2002.
Victorian Frog Group president Gerry Marantelli visited Latrobe Valley students last week teaching them about frogs and ways to identify different species.
Science in Schools coordinator Max Sargent said the session was a great opportunity for students to work with real scientists and to be trained for a community based frog monitoring program.
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Leap Frog
Aussie Angels - Thursday, August 1, 2002.
Written by Margaret Clark
The frogs.org.au website is described as 'excellent' by fictitious characters in this piece of children's literature and proves to be a great help in their conservation-based adventure.
"This is an excellent site," said Meg. "www. frogs. org.au/frogs/ - I didn't know that Victoria had thirty-three species of frogs. Look. Most of them are brown and warty. Cute names. Froglets. I wonder if Adam and Mark will find any in our area?"
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Note: The "search by content" does not distinguish between the "projects" of frogs.org.au - this search will always return results from the complete archive.
