Fauna
Although this is a hard environment there is much endemic wildlife in the Alps including the chameleon-like Alpine thermocolor grasshopper, Mountain Pygmy Possum (Burramys parvus) and the corroboree frog (Pseudophryne corroboree). One particularly restricted range species is the Baw Baw Frog (Philoria frosti) which only lives on the Baw Baw Plateau in Victoria. The larger mammals of the lower elevations include Red-necked Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus), Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia bicolor), Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus), Tiger Quoll (Dasyurus maculatus), Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) and platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus).
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