A project by a group of scientists in New South Wales to revive an extinct Australian frog was named after what biblical figure?
"habitat loss and degradation, pollution, and some diseases may have contributed. The assignment of the genus to a taxonomic family is hotly debated. Some biologists class them within Myobatrachidae under the subfamily Rheobatrachinae, but others place them in their own family, Rheobatrachidae. Scientists at the University of Newcastle and University of New South Wales announced in March 2013 that the frog would be the subject of a cloning attempt, referred to as the ”Lazarus Project”, to resurrect the species. Embryos were successfully cloned, and the project eventually hopes to produce a living frog. The southern gastric brooding frog has been"
"and University of New South Wales announced in March 2013 that the very recently extinct gastric-brooding frog would be the subject of a cloning attempt to resurrect the species. Many such ""De-extinction"" projects are described in the Long Now Foundation's Revive and Restore Project. After an eight-year project involving the use of a pioneering cloning technique, Japanese researchers created 25 generations of healthy cloned mice with normal lifespans, demonstrating that clones are not intrinsically shorter-lived than naturally born animals. Other sources have noted that the offspring of clones tend to be healthier than the original clones and indistinguishable from animals"
"International Union for Conservation of Nature set out to look for various species of frogs thought to be extinct in the wild, including the gastric-brooding frog. Both species are listed as ""Extinct"" under both the IUCN Red List and under Australia's Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999; however, they are still listed as ""Endangered"" under Queensland's Nature Conservation Act 1992. Scientists are making progress in their efforts to bring the gastric-brooding frog species back to life using somatic-cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), a method of cloning. In March 2013, Australian scientists successfully created a living embryo from non-living preserved genetic"
"to have an impact. Archey's frog Archey's frog, ""Leiopelma archeyi"", is an archaic, rare frog native to New Zealand, one of only three (or four) extant species belonging to the taxonomic family Leiopelmatidae. It is named after Sir Gilbert Archey, the former director of the Auckland Institute. The holotype is held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum. It is found only in the Coromandel Peninsula and near Te Kuiti in the North Island of New Zealand. This species, along with others in the family, have changed little over the past 200 million years, thus they represent ""living fossils"". The species"
"material. These scientists from the University of Newcastle Australia led by Prof Michael Mahony, who was the scientist who first discovered the northern gastric-brooding frog, Simon Clulow and Prof Mike Archer from the University of New South Wales hope to continue using somatic-cell nuclear transfer methods to produce an embryo that can survive to the tadpole stage. ""We do expect to get this guy hopping again,"" says UNSW researcher Mike Archer. The scientists from the University of Newcastle have also reported successful freezing and thawing (cryopreservation) of totipotent amphibian embryonic cells, which along with sperm cryopreservation provides the essential ""proof"
"Papurana kreffti Papurana kreffti is a species of true frog, family Ranidae. It is native to New Ireland and Buka Island (Papua New Guinea) and the Solomon Islands. The specific name ""kreffti"" honours Gerard Krefft, a German adventurer who settled in Australia and became there to be regarded as the father of Australian herpetology. Common names San Cristoval frog and San Cristobal treefrog have been coined for it. Males grow to in snout–vent length, but are generally closer to . Females grow to at least in snout–vent length. The snout is pointed. The tympanum is visible but moderate in size."
"Archey's frog Archey's frog, ""Leiopelma archeyi"", is an archaic, rare frog native to New Zealand, one of only three (or four) extant species belonging to the taxonomic family Leiopelmatidae. It is named after Sir Gilbert Archey, the former director of the Auckland Institute. The holotype is held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum. It is found only in the Coromandel Peninsula and near Te Kuiti in the North Island of New Zealand. This species, along with others in the family, have changed little over the past 200 million years, thus they represent ""living fossils"". The species is fully terrestrial, living"
"been prominent in research into the world-wide phenomenon of disappearance of frogs, even entire species, notably in Australia the two species of gastric-brooding frog (""Rheobatrachus vitellinus"" and ""Rheobatrachus silus""), which were declared extinct shortly after their discovery). He has been in the forefront of research into Australia's fossil frog record. He has been very public in the promotion of frogs as pets, as sources of potentially useful substances, and as an indicator of environmental quality, arguing that a species useful to humans will necessarily be protected. He has been involved in a variety of nature documentaries, notably ""Nature of Australia"""
"to it are known, although selective logging is a possible threat. Choerophryne fafniri Choerophryne fafniri is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea and is only known from the north-western slopes of Mount Giluwe and south-east of Mount Hagen in the Southern Highlands Province. This species was originally described in the genus ""Albericus"", named for Alberich, the dwarf in Scandinavian mythology and Richard Wagner's opera cycle ""Der Ring des Nibelungen"". Menzies named the species he described after Alberich's companions in the mythodology. The specific name ""fafniri"" is derived from Fafnir. ""Choerophryne fafniri"""
"favouring permanent water bodies. The reasons behind its drastic decline are unclear, but the disease chytridiomycosis is suspected to have played a major role. No recorded sighting had been made since 1980, and the species was believed to be extinct. However, in late 2009 New South Wales Fisheries field scientist Luke Pearce located a surviving population of the frogs. Scientists acted quickly to establish a small ""insurance"" colony. Soon after, the wild colony was eradicated due to two consecutive floods and an outbreak of chytrid fungus. Following a breeding program at Sydney's Taronga Zoo, in early 2018 a colony of"
"an ancient genetic split. In 1996, the IUCN classified this species as ""extinct in the wild"", the very first amphibian to be given that designation by the IUCN. Israel continued to list it as an endangered species in the slim hope that a relict population may be found in the Golan Heights or in southern Lebanon. Following the rediscovery of the species in 2011, the IUCN now considers the frog to be critically endangered as its known habitat occupies less than 2 km. In 2000, a scientist from the Lebanese nature protection organisation A Rocha claimed he had seen a"
"Cophixalus zweifeli Cophixalus zweifeli is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to northern Queensland, Australia, and only known from the area of its type locality in the Cape Melville National Park. The species was named to honour American herpetologist Richard G. Zweifel. Common name Zweifel's frog has been coined for it. It is one of the five northeast Australian ""Cophixalus"" species that are specialized in boulder field habitats. Adult males measure and adult females in snout–vent length. The snout is elongated, truncated in dorsal view and straight, slightly projecting laterally. The tympanum is large but"
"in 1844 by Günther, and changed another 9 times before being named again as ""Litoria aurea"". The specific epithet ""aurea"" derived from the Latin ""aureus"" for 'golden'. The species is now classified within the ""Litoria aurea"" complex, a closely related group of frogs in the genus ""Litoria"". This complex is scattered throughout Australia: three species occur in south-east Australia, one in northern Australia, and two in Southwest Australia. The complex consists of the green and golden bell frog (""L. aurea""), growling grass frog (""L. raniformis""), yellow-spotted bell frog (""L. castanea""), Dahl's aquatic frog (""L. dahlii""), spotted-thighed frog (""L. cyclorhyncha"") and"
"Choerophryne fafniri Choerophryne fafniri is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea and is only known from the north-western slopes of Mount Giluwe and south-east of Mount Hagen in the Southern Highlands Province. This species was originally described in the genus ""Albericus"", named for Alberich, the dwarf in Scandinavian mythology and Richard Wagner's opera cycle ""Der Ring des Nibelungen"". Menzies named the species he described after Alberich's companions in the mythodology. The specific name ""fafniri"" is derived from Fafnir. ""Choerophryne fafniri"" is a comparatively large species: six unsexed individuals in the type"
"Spotted grass frog The spotted grass frog or spotted marsh frog (""Limnodynastes tasmaniensis"") is a terrestrial frog native to Australia. It is distributed throughout all of New South Wales and Victoria, eastern South Australia, the majority of Queensland, and eastern Tasmania. It is also naturalised in Western Australia, having been unintentionally introduced at Kununurra in the 1970s, apparently during the relocation of several hundred transportable homes from Adelaide. The spotted grass frog was also formerly known as the ""Marbled frog"" in South Australia, although this common name is also used for ""Limnodynastes convexiusculus"", a species of ground-dwelling frog native to"
"at the University of Pennsylvania, Dodson has also taught courses in geology, history, history and sociology of science, and religious studies. Dodson is also a research associate at the Academy of Natural Sciences. In 2001, two former students named an ancient frog species, ""Nezpercius dodsoni"", after him (as well as after the Native American Nez Perce people). Dodson has also been skeptical to the theory of a dinosaurian origin of birds, but more recently has come down on the side of this theory. Describing himself as a ""deeply committed Christian,"" Dodson subscribes to theistic evolution and has argued that there"
"frogs inhabit the southern sector of the Jarrah Forest such as the small western froglet (""Crinia subinsignifera"") and the western marsh frog (""Heleioporus barycragus""). Diverse invertebrate fauna populations are also present within the Jarrah Forest. Many of these invertebrate species are responsible for nutrient recycling, an essential element of Western Australia’s biodiversity. In particular, the invertebrate group Aprocrita are a keystone group that, through predation and parasitism, keep other invertebrate populations controlled. The loss of Aprocrita could be detrimental to the invertebrate community and to the jarrah forest ecosystem. Most of the Jarrah Forest has been cleared for agriculture, timber"
"Pearson's green tree frog The Pearson's tree frog (""Litoria pearsoniana""), also known as the Cascade tree frog, is a species of tree frog inhabiting rainforest creeks from north of Lismore, New South Wales, to Kenilworth, Queensland, with a disjunct population at Kroombit Tops Queensland, Australia. The mountain stream tree frog (""Litoria barringtonensis"") may be conspecific to the Pearson's green tree frog (""L. pearsoniana""). Morphological differences have not been fully studied yet, but visible physical differences between frogs from Barrington Tops and Dorrigo, New South Wales, in comparison to frogs from south-eastern Queensland and northern New South Wales are discussed in"
"Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in 2013. The Australian Museum in Sydney began a cloning project in 1999. The goal was to use genetic material from specimens taken and preserved in the early 20th century to clone new individuals and restore the species from extinction. Several molecular biologists have dismissed the project as a public relations stunt and its chief proponent, Mike Archer, received a 2002 nomination for the Australian Skeptics Bent Spoon Award for ""the perpetrator of the most preposterous piece of paranormal or pseudo-scientific piffle."" In late 2002, the researchers had some success as they were"
"his diaries were helpful in 2011, when researchers managed to locate the silica terraces on Lake Rotomahana, which was buried in the 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera. New Zealand's endemic Hochstetter's frog, ""Leiopelma hochstetteri"", is named after Ferdinand. Several other species bear his name in their scientific names, including the Takahe, ""Porphyrio hochstetteri"", and ""Powelliphanta hochstetteri"", a species (with five subspecies) of New Zealand's giant carnivorous land snails. Hochstetter Peak on Trinity Peninsula in Antarctica is named after Hochstetter, as are New Zealand's Mount Hochstetter (West Coast Region) and the Hochstetter Dome and Hochstetter Icefall close to the Tasman Glacier."
"Cophixalus petrophilus Cophixalus petrophilus, the blotched boulder-frog, is a species of frogs from the Cape York Peninsula (Queensland, Australia) that was described in 2013. It is one of three newly described vertebrate species from Cape Melville, Australia, the other two being skink ""Saproscincus saltus"" and gecko ""Saltuarius eximius"". The specific name ""petrophilus"" means ""rock-loving"" and refers to restriction of this species to boulder field habitats. Adult males measure and adult females in snout–vent length. The head is narrower than the body. The snout is blunt to projecting in profile. The tympanum is comparatively large but indistinct to moderately distinct, bordered"
"conservation perspective ... Toadlets are native to Australia and this new species brings the total number to 27, the second-largest group of frog species in the country."" The discovery was part of a research project that uses genetic analysis to try to understand the true number of species of toadlets, as DNA can be used to differentiate between very similar species. ""They tell themselves apart by their different calls, but we're not so good at that"", Catullo said. Pilbara toadlet The tiny Pilbara toadlet (""Uperoleia saxatilis"")) is a species of frog in the family Myobatrachidae. It is endemic to the"
"the 22nd of October 2018 the first eggs were laid in captivity. Researchers hope to place the eggs on a chytrid fungus free part of Mt Baw Baw within 4 weeks. Baw Baw frog The Baw Baw frog (""Philoria frosti"") is a critically endangered species of Australian frog as categorised on the IUCN Red List and listed under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act (1988). It has suffered a decline in population, mostly due to infection caused by chytrid fungus. Zoos Victoria have undertaken a breeding program to ensure survival of the species which commenced in 2010, and in October"
"and it becomes a waste of energy. The waterfall frog is a stream-dwelling frog native to tropical north Queensland, from Paluma to Cooktown, notable in the Mt. Carbine uplands. It is found at altitudes between . It has undergone large declines in high-altitude areas (likely from chytridiomycosis), with many populations completely extinct. It is, however, stable in lowland areas. It is listed as Endangered under both the IUCN Red List and Queensland's Nature Conservation Act 1992. Waterfall frog The Australian waterfall frog or torrent treefrog (""Litoria nannotis"") is a species of tree frog native to Far North Queensland, Australia. The"
"in the area have shown numbers of young frogs have jumped from 10% to 30% in 2005. Hochstetter's frog Hochstetter's frog or Hochstetter's New Zealand frog (""Leiopelma hochstetteri"") is a primitive frog native to New Zealand, one of only four extant species belonging to the taxonomic family Leiopelmatidae. They possess some of the most ancient features of any extant frogs in the world. Hochstetter's frog is named after the German geologist Ferdinand von Hochstetter. This species is endemic to New Zealand and belongs to the most primitive anuran suborder Archaeobatrachia, along with Archey's frog (""Leiopelma archeyi""), Hamilton's frog (""L. hamiltoni""),"
"have been reported in Victoria. In New South Wales, it has disappeared from highland areas above , except for a population in Captains Flat. A study of populations along coastal New South Wales indicated many populations were very small, usually of fewer than 20 adults. According to a 1996 study, six populations of more than 300 frogs are known: two in the Sydney metropolitan area, two in the Shoalhaven, and two in the New South Wales mid-north coast. There are now approximately only 40 sites in total where it is found, most of which are in the Sydney area. The"
"Tusked frog The tusked frog (""Adelotus brevis"") is a species of ground-dwelling frog native to eastern Australia from Eungella National Park, Queensland south to Ourimbah, New South Wales. It is the only species in the ""Adelotus"" genus - ""adelotus"" meaning ""unseen"" and ""brevis"" meaning ""short"". The tusked frog is a unique frog within Australia, as it is the only species where the female is smaller than male. Males can reach a maximum length of about , while females reach . The common name of ""tusked frog"" derives from the small protrusions on the lower jaw, similar in position to tusks,"
"Stuttering frog The Stuttering frog is a large species of frog that inhabits temperate and sub-tropical rainforest and wet sclerophyll forest in Australia. This frog's historical distribution ranged from the Timbarra River near Drake in northern New South Wales, to the Cann River catchment in eastern Victoria and covered an area of approximately 110 000 km². Populations south of Sydney have declined dramatically and the Victorian populations are believed to be extinct. It has also disappeared from a number of sites in NSW where it was once common. It occurs at altitudes between 20 m and 1400 m. In the"
"cluster of pools, only moving out during periods of flooding or increased flow. The northern gastric-brooding frog (""Rheobatrachus vitellinus"") was discovered in 1984 by Michael Mahony. It was restricted to the rainforest areas of the Clarke Range in Eungella National Park and the adjacent Pelion State Forest in central eastern Queensland. This species, too, was confined to a small area – less than , at altitudes of in altitude. Only a year after its discovery, it was never seen again despite extensive efforts to locate it. This species is considered to be extinct. The northern gastric-brooding frog was a much"
"the bright colours in the groin and on the thighs and the lack of toe webbing. Green-thighed frog The green-thighed frog (""Litoria brevipalmata"") is a medium-sized species of ground-dwelling tree frog in Australia. The green-thighed frog is native to the east coast of Australia. Its range stretches from Cordalba State Forest in south-eastern Queensland to Ourimbah in New South Wales; within this area, though, populations are severely fragmented. The several records from Darkes Forest, south of Sydney, are erroneous. Numbers have decreased at Ourimbah, but there have been no record of declines or disappearances elsewhere. They are believed to occupy"
"Choerophryne brunhildae Choerophryne brunhildae is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea and is known from the Adelbert Range, the Bewani Mountains, and the Hunstein Mountains. This species was originally described in the genus ""Albericus"", named for Alberich, the dwarf in Scandinavian mythology and Richard Wagner's opera cycle ""Der Ring des Nibelungen"". Menzies named the species he described after Alberich's companions in the mythodology. The specific name ""brunhildae"" is derived from Brunhild. Nine unsexed individuals in the type series measure in snout–urostyle length. Examination of six of these revealed one female and"
"described by Albert Günther, a German-born British zoologist, in 1876 based on a collection of 14 syntype specimens by colonel Richard Henry Beddome and W. Ferguson. The latter collection can be pinpointed to the present-day Nuwara Eliya District, whereas the exact location of Beddome's specimens is unknown. Despite extensive field studies, there was no later record of this species, and it was classified as ""Extinct"" by IUCN in that 2004. However, in April 2010, during field surveys of amphibians in the Peak Wilderness Sanctuary, researchers encountered about 40 frogs that resembled ""Pseudophilautus hypomelas"". Initially thought to represent a new species,"
"Green-thighed frog The green-thighed frog (""Litoria brevipalmata"") is a medium-sized species of ground-dwelling tree frog in Australia. The green-thighed frog is native to the east coast of Australia. Its range stretches from Cordalba State Forest in south-eastern Queensland to Ourimbah in New South Wales; within this area, though, populations are severely fragmented. The several records from Darkes Forest, south of Sydney, are erroneous. Numbers have decreased at Ourimbah, but there have been no record of declines or disappearances elsewhere. They are believed to occupy an area of less than 500 km; this has led to them being listed as endangered"