There are currently two proposed developments in the Byron Shire that will endanger, if not locally exterminate, frog species.
Many frog species are endangered by introduced diseases but species are also endangered by the fact that many of them return to the place they emerged from the water to mate and lay their eggs. Consequently, creating artificial ponds will not create the right conditions for breeding and of course burying them under tons of fill means instant death.
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