A species of frog thought to have been extinct for 30 years has been found in rural Australian farmland, officials said last week.
A fisheries conservation officer stumbled across one of the frogs and has since identified a colony of around 100 yellow-spotted bell frogs.
The discovery is ‘as significant in the amphibian world as it would be to discover the Tasmanian tiger, said Frank Sartor, minister for environment and climate change.
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