Dr Anne Warren, "Australian Fossil Amphibians (mostly not frogs)" May 2021

May’s presenter was Dr Anne Warren, Emeritus Professor from the School of Life Sciences, La Trobe University.

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Apologies to those who were hoping to see a video of the event - technology got the better of us this time! We hope to provide recordings again in the future.

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Anne discussed ‘Australian Fossil Amphibians (mostly not frogs)’. Anne spent most of her working life at La Trobe University where she has worked on temnospondyls in Queensland, NSW and Victoria. She remains an Emeritus Scholar.

Her earliest work was in the Triassic of the Sydney Basin where sparse temnospondyls had been known almost since the beginning of the colony. A find by Queensland geologists changed her focus to the earliest Triassic Bowen Basin in southern Queensland which has now produced the most diverse temnospondyl assemblage from anywhere in the world. Later finds extended the time range of temnospondyls from the Triassic to the Jurassic in Queensland and Cretaceous in Victoria, and of early tetrapods in Australia back to the Early Cretaceous.

Dr Jodi Rowley, "Adventures in Amphibian Conservation" Dec 2020

December’s presenter was Dr Jodi Rowley, Curator of Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Biology at the Australian Museum and UNSW Sydney (The University of NSW). Jodi will be presenting “Adventures in amphibian conservation” about expeditions in Asia and FrogID, a national citizen science project.

This was the last Frogs Vic event of 2020. We wish you all a very safe and happy festive season, look forward to seeing you in 2021 and thank you all so much for your continuing support.

Michael McFadden, "Amphibian Conservation Breeding Programs in NSW", Nov 2020

November 2020’s presenter was Michael McFadden. Michael is the supervisor of the Herpetofauna Department at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, where he oversees the zoo’s amphibian and reptile collection and conservation programs. Michael will discuss some of the conservation breeding programs he has been involved with at Taronga Zoo, including those for the Southern and Northern Corroboree Frog and the Yellow-spotted Bell Frog.