Mulloon Creek, NSW.
The latest frog monitoring report for Mulloon Creek is now available online, based on scientific monitoring undertaken during summer 2020 by Dr Sam Patmore and staff from the Mulloon Institute.
The broad aim of the monitoring is to provide baseline data on the frog populations present within the defined sections of Mulloon Creek to allow for future comparisons of population numbers and assemblages to aid in the assessment of the benefits and effectiveness of the Mulloon Rehydration Initiative, which is jointly funded through the Mulloon Institute and the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program. The initiative is also assisted by the NSW Government through its Environmental Trust.
The study area is situated along Mulloon Creek in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, between Braidwood and Bungendore. A total of 38 survey sites were included in the December 2020 frog surveys at 19 monitoring transects along Mulloon Creek. Additional frog surveys were undertaken at eight of the ‘farm dam’ sites within Mulloon Creek ‘Home Farm’ (which includes a ‘wetland’ site located in the lower floodplain valley floor.
The surveys found a relatively healthy frog community along the creek and adjacent dams/wetlands with a total of eight species detected across the monitoring sites, including:
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Crinia signifera, Common Eastern Froglet
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Crinia parinsignifera, Plains Froglet
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Limnodynastes peronii, Striped Marshfrog
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Limnodynastes dumerelli, Eastern Banjofrog
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Limnodynastes tasmaniensis, Spotted Grassfrog
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Litoria peronii, Peron’s Treefrog
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Litoria verreauxii, Whistling Treefrog
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Uperoleia laevigata, Smooth Toadlet
This project has been assisted with funding from the NSW Environmental Trust.