Melbourne-based ecologist & wildlife photographer with a passion for herpetology. Threatened frog research & bioacoustics. Insta: @clancy_wildlife
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Standing out in the pouring rain filming and recording frogs calling is one of my favourite things to do.
Crucifix #Frog (Notaden bennettii) chorusing after flooding rains across southern-inland NSW last week.
#floatywhoopwhoop #wildoz
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🌍🐸 Check out the 3rd Amphibian Conservation Action Plan (ACAP) – a major international roadmap for amphibian conservation.
It highlights #FrogID as a citizen science initiative gathering vital long-term frog monitoring data.
Download the ACAP here: doi.org/10.2305/QWVH2717
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FrogID has hit 1,100,000 frog records! A big shout out to Phillip Griffin for making the milestone submission with the Eastern Smooth Froglet (Geocrinia victoriana).
Thank you to everyone involved in helping us reach another milestone. Keep those frog calls coming!
Our Swamp Skink conservation area is looking the goods now. Even in mid-winter it’s retaining grass structure and habitat complexity, compared to the surrounding grazing land. Cant wait for spring skink activity and further plant growth! Plus a bonus juvenile found under a tile.
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Your average Bunnings rodent control shelf.
Where does all this go? Rats yes, but also possums and frogmouths and powerful owls and boobook!………
We should not have access to these ecosystem destroying chemicals.
Another new fence up on the boundary of our Swamp Skink #conservation area this weekend, plus lots of new #habitat including log-piles which will act as basking and shelter sites. #swampskink #southgippsland
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🚨🚨Our new paper is out in @ConBiology !! We identified which #amphibian 🐸 species should be prioritized for future @IUCNRedList reassessment
of #extinction risk #conservation #biodiversity #Ecology
@IUCN conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.c…
My photographic poster to the Frogs of Victoria is nearly ready to go!
For those who haven’t already, DM me and I’ll add you to the pre-orders list!
I will be in touch with everyone once they are ready to be distributed.
It was all happening at this ephemeral pond in the rainforests of West Papua recently!
Heavy rain triggered Pinocchio Frogs and Black-dotted Tree Frogs to descend from the canopy in a breeding frenzy, attracting dozens of hungry Brown Tree Snakes and Keelbacks #herpingwestpapua
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TAKITA’S MUDSKIPPER! 😍
Such a pretty fish that scoots around the mangroves of northern Australia! 🤎
Another successful breeding season for Swamp Skinks on our South Gippsland property, with the discovery of a juvenile likely born earlier this year.
An abundance of veg growth in our fenced creekline has created habitat structure and complexity crucial for the skinks survival.
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🚨 Just published!
Pobblebonks! A revision of the Northern Banjo Frogs, led by @TomoParkin. Two new Australian #frog species scientifically recognised!
Thank you to all those people that submitted @FrogIDAus recordings of this species- they were vital!
australian.museum/blog/amri-…
Pre-print of a little side project I’ve been working on over the past year. My photographic poster of the frogs of Victoria is nearly finished!
Anyone who is interested can send me a message and I’ll put your name on the pre-orders list. The size is A1.
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The rarest frog in the world? 🐸
According to the IUCN there are only up to 49 Morona Santiago Harlequin frogs left in the wild. Luckily, a team of conservationists have managed to breed tadpoles in captivity, securing some hope for the survival of this species.
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#FrogIDWeek begins today! Australia’s biggest frog count 🐸
From now until Nov 12th, anyone with a smartphone can help us better understand Australia's diverse frogs. Use the #FrogID app to record frog calls as often as you can 🐸🎶📱
Download now: frogid.net.au
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I AM CRYING!!!! 😭🐥
Honestly the coolest birding experience I’ve ever had!!! 🤎
It may seem dumb but to see these cryptic birds up close is SOOO special! 😍
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Check out this Vinegaroon from Thailand!! 😱🌳
Nocturnal and carnivorous, they prowl the undergrowth looking for any small prey to nab with their pincers! 🍽️🐛
Their defensive habit of spraying a vinegar-smelling acid at predators to deter them is so crazy! 😱
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The Leichhardt's Grasshopper, Australia's most beautiful insect. 🧡
Today is National Threatened Species Day and I want to take a moment to reflect on the conservation of invertebrates in Australia. 🔎☀️
Australia is one of the most biodiverse places on earth, but also boasts an unfortunately high amount of threatened species. Many of these listed threatened species include charismatic larger animals such as mammals and birds, but did you know that hardly any invertebrates are listed? 🪲🐛❌
Many of the invertebrates you see me post are extremely understudied, many without even names let alone anything known about their ecology! ✏️
Invertebrates are the building blocks of all our eco-systems, acting as nutrient cyclers, a food source for all larger animals and extremely important pollinators. We depend on them for our own survival. 👊
The Leichhardt's Grasshopper is unfortunately a great example of an insect in decline. Like many invertebrate species, it only occurs in a small area which pushes its risk of disappearing. Only living and feeding on Pityrodia shrubs on the escarpments of Arnhem Land, population sizes have declined due to a changed fire regime, with some populations now locally extinct. 🔥
These grasshoppers are also culturally significant to the Indigenous people of the Western Arnhem Land. 'Alyurr' is the name given to this hopper, a child of the lightning man Namarrgon, with its appearance sparking the start of the annual wet season. ⛈️
The Leichhardt's Grasshopper is a spectacular species and we still have lots to learn about it and even though it is declining, is not on the threatened species list. How many other invertebrates who aren't as big and colourful are disappearing before our eyes and we haven't even blinked?
First #SwampSkink (Lissolepis coventryi) survey for the season (on our property) revealed this stunner! Using the markings on the head scales, I was quickly able to identify her as the first ever individual I caught on the property in December 2021. Great data and a great skink!
