Just gave my talk at @austevolsoc.bsky.social 🐸
Shared our work on polyploidy and sex chromosome evolution in Australian burrowing frogs Neobatrachus.
Exciting discussions on autopolyploids vs allopolyploids and their inheritance patterns!

#AES2025 #polyploidy #Neobatrachus #amphibians #evolution

Neobatrachus sudellae Photo: Stephen Mahony

Neobatrachus aquilonius. Photo: Jules Farquhar

Off to AES 2025 in Brisbane to talk Neobatrachus! Records suggest both tetraploids can show up in Queensland. After three years with their specimens in Germany, the idea of seeing them in person feels a bit like meeting long-distance friends IRL 🐸 #Neobatrachus #amphibian #museomics

Some solid rainfall in NSW’s south west mallee last week. Enough to encourage burrowing frogs to make their way to the surface. Lots of these little Sudell’s frogs out looking for a mate #wildoz #frogs #desertrain #Neobatrachus