The Chile Darwin's frog was fairly regularly seen until around 1978, since when it seems to have disappeared, and the species my now be extinct. This species, which lives in the leaf litter on the forest floor, has an unusual method of parental care; the male takes the fertilised eggs from the nest into his vocal sac where they hatch into tadpoles after approximately eight days. When he starts to feel the newly hatched tadpoles wriggling, the male carries them to a stream where he expels the young. Here they complete metamorphosis.

The cause of the decline in this species is not well understood; suspected threats include destruction of native vegetation through the establishment of pine plantations and expansing human settlement, and the fungal disease chytridiomycosis.

EDGE aims to carry out essential field survey work to establish the current status of the Chile Darwin's frog, the species' distribution, and which threats are acting on the species, including monitoring for chytrid. All of this is required to feed into the formulation of a Conservation Action Plan for the Chile Darwin's frog.

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