Michael McFadden

Michael is a Wildlife Conservation Officer at Taronga Conservation Society Australia, where he previously supervised the reptile and amphibian department for almost twenty years.

He is a conservation biologist who specializes in the conservation breeding and translocation of threatened reptile and amphibian species. This includes overseeing the establishment of conservation breeding programs for some of Australia's most threatened species. He is also co-Convenor of the Zoo and Aquarium Association (ZAA) Amphibian TAG.

Michael currently works most closely with the Zoo's amphibian conservation projects. This work focuses mostly on reintroduction biology and developing techniques to improve conservation breeding and rearing success in threatened Australian frogs. These include conservation breeding and release programs for the highly endangered Southern and Northern Corroboree Frogs, Booroolong Frog and Yellow-spotted Bell Frog, which have declined to the brink of extinction due primarily to chytrid fungus.