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With fewer than 50 individuals remaining in the wild, this critically endangered parrot is teetering on the edge of extinction.

Tasmanian Devils are the largest carnivorous marsupials in the world today.  Devils once occurred on mainland Australia, but have been confined to Tasmania since pre-European times. 

Because of its bright yellow and black stripes, the Critically Endangered Southern Corroboree Frog is one of Australia’s best known frog species.

The Helmeted Honeyeater is Critically Endangered. There are currently three small semi-wild populations established in remnant streamside swamp forest to the east of Melbourne.

The Eastern Barred Bandicoot wouldn’t be here without us. The mainland subspecies of Eastern Barred Bandicoot was thought to be extinct until a small population was discovered sheltering among wrecked cars at the Hamilton tip in western Victoria.

The Mountain Pygmy-possum is Australia’s only hibernating marsupial. There are thought to be less than 2000 Mountain Pygmy Possums left in the wild.

The Lord Howe Island Stick Insect was driven to the brink of extinction by Black Rats in the early twentieth century. However, in 2001 it was rediscovered on Balls Pyramid, a rat-free volcanic outcrop 23 km off the coast of Lord Howe Island.

The Spotted Tree Frog is a mountain stream frog species from north-eastern Victoria and southern New South Wales.

The soft metallic chiming call of the Regent Honeyeater is now a rare sound.

The Baw Baw Frog needs our help. Like many amphibians, the Baw Baw Frog has suffered massive population declines in the last 20 years. Zoos Victoria recognises that if something isn’t done soon, it may just be too late for this species.

The Stuttering Frog has a call like a kookaburra in a hurry: ‘kook kook kook kra-a-ak… kruk… kruk’.  Quite a chunky frog, it is also known as the Southern Barred Frog because of the stripes on its arms and legs.

This miniature dragon was once found in the native grasslands of western Victoria, NSW and ACT, from Geelong to Bathurst.

Working closely with the Department of Sustainability & Environment we have secured the first ever founder population of this endangered skink whose restricted and fragmented distribution has left this species increasingly vulnerable to extinction.

‘Squelch’ may not be the most stunning of calls, but this is quite a stunning little frog.  Northern Corroboree Frogs (Pseudophryne pengilleyi) are vividly striped and can be distinguished from Sou

The Guthega Skink is an alpine lizard: it is only found at sites more than 1600m above sea level and hibernates through the cold and often snowy winter period.

The Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby inhabits rugged, rocky areas of south-east Australia. Their largest population is in northern New South Wales, but they can also be found in south-eastern Queensland, eastern New South Wales and Victoria’s East Gippsland region. 

The Southern Bent-wing Bat is a small, insectivorous bat species that roost in caves near coastal cliffs. The species is Critically Endangered and is increasingly under threat by human disturbance of roosting caves and foraging habitat.

The Smoky Mouse is a native Australian rodent with soft, fine fur ranging from pale grey to blue-grey, or even black, in colour. 

The New Holland Mouse once had a continuous population across the east coast of Australia, but the species’ distribution is now fragmented with declining populations across four states.