No record of some threatened species in area government says it's protecting them

Experts say growling grass frog and southern brown bandicoot not likely to be found at Endeavour Fern Gully

Experts have cast doubt on government claims the Coalition is funding a conservation project in Victoria's Endeavour Fern Gully to benefit threatened species - because the listed species are unlikely to occur in the area.

Endeavour Fern Gully is a 27-hectare (65 acre) rainforest property on the Mornington Peninsula. The environment and energy minister, Josh Frydenberg, says the government had funded a broad Green Army project that "improves habitat through weed control and promotes greater conservation awareness of native vegetation in remnant bushland at Endeavour Fern Gully".