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    • Maud Island frog (Leiopelma pakeka).
    Rights: Professor Phil Bishop Published 3 November 2009 Size: 1.6 MB Referencing Hub media

    Maud Island frogs are one of 4 endemic frog species found in New Zealand.

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    • How are New Zealand’s endemic frog species different to frogs introduced from Australia?
    • What is being done to conserve the Maud Island frog?

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