Southern Corroboree Frog: This tiny frog has a habitat restricted to high altitude sub-alpine areas in the Australian Capital Territory and Kosciuszko national park in the south of New South Wales. Females only breed once a year, and the tadpoles are slow growing, spending over six months in shallow pools. Its restricted habitat and specialised breeding pattern makes this species extremely vulnerable to disturbance.

Broad-toothed rat: With a rather inelegant name, this rat looks more like a pointy-nosed guinea pig and is threatened due to loss of habitat from brumbies and ski resorts and predation from foxes and cats. It remains active in grassland under snow cover, which is shrinking as a result of climate change.

Alpine she-oak skink: This distinctive skink reaches a maximum of 35cm and lives in alpine and subalpine habitat. It is under threat from grazing and trampling from horses, deer and pigs as well as fire, weed invasion and ski fields. Rats, foxes, cats and dogs are predators. Not much is known about their breeding habits.

Guthega skink: This skink cannot live outside the highest and wettest part of Australia and therefore is only found in the mountain parks in Victoria and NSW. Not much is known about its life cycle apart from that it produces two litters of live young a year. Its habitat has been destroyed or fragmented by roads, ski resorts, grazing and trampling.

Endangered or threatened Australian species