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Logging in Hochstetter frog’s habitat

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Logging in Hochstetter frog’s habitat

Native frogs were widespread when more of the country was covered in forest. This logged area is in the Brynderwyn Range, Northland, where the habitat of Hochstetter’s frog, along the streams, has been destroyed.

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Paddy Ryan, Frogs – Threats and conservation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/10007/logging-in-hochstetter-frogs-habitat (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Paddy Ryan, published 1 March 2009.