Mountain Frog

Amphibians > Ground Frogs

The Mountain Frog (Philoria kundagungan), also commonly known as the Red-and-yellow Mountain Frog, is a splendid, diminutive amphibian confined to high-elevation cloud forests along the Great Dividing Range in Australia. Adorned with vibrant flashes of scarlet and...

Glossy Black Cockatoo

Birds > Cockatoos

The Glossy Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami) is the smallest, quietest, and most ecologically specialized of Australia’s iconic black cockatoos. Draped in dusky, soot-brown plumage with brilliant flame-red tail panels, this gentle canopy wanderer is...

Murray Cod

Fish > Temperate Perch

The Murray Cod (Maccullochella peelii) is Australia’s undisputed freshwater heavyweight and a foundational cultural cornerstone of the continent’s Indigenous heritage. Native exclusively to the vast Murray-Darling river basin, this legendary apex predator...

Stuttering Frog

Amphibians > Ground Frogs

The Stuttering Frog (Mixophyes balbus) is a large, terrestrial bar-thighed frog native to the damp, ancient temperate and subtropical rainforests that flank the eastern escarpment of the Great Dividing Range in southeastern Australia. Famous for its highly distinctive...

Broad-headed Snake

Reptiles > Elapid Snakes

The Broad-headed Snake (Hoplocephalus bungaroides) is Australia’s most endangered elapid snake and one of the world’s most ecologically specialized reptiles. Confined strictly to the rugged Hawkesbury sandstone escarpments surrounding the Sydney Basin in...