Fifteen endangered species including a wallaby and a snake in Australia

Australia on Tuesday listed fifteen new endangered species, including a small wallaby, vowing to prevent the total disappearance of animal and plant species.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s government has announced a new ten-year plan to try to stem the extinction of 110 “priority species” and protect 20 “priority places” from further degradation.

The aim is to prevent any further extinction of plant or animal species while preserving at least 30% of Australia’s landmass.

Among the fifteen species newly classified as threatened are the small Parma wallaby – threatened by bushfires and predators – the venomous gray Queensland snake, or a small wingless grasshopper called “grasshopper-matchstick”, vulnerable in the face of drought and frequent bush fires.