Frog ID

Teachers can register a class of students and use the FrogID classroom resources to contribute to FrogID.

Get your class and students involved in FrogID:

1. Create an account and group at FrogID.net.au
2. You can assist students to create an account and to join a class
3. Download the FrogID app, sign in and start recording
4. Check Leaderboard for results.

National Frog Pond Building Project

The Australian Museum and Bunnings have partnered to engage schools across Australia and assist them in building 'frog-friendly' environments to help Australia's frog populations thrive.

Contact the Activities Organiser at your local Bunnings to discuss how you can get involved with the National Frog Pond Building Project.

Follow these steps to create a safe shelter, provide a food source and make a suitable habitat for frogs at your home.

Download the FrogID app

Download the FrogID app and use Near Me to find out which frog species are local to your area.

To explore more visit FrogID.

Select a site somewhere

• Not too close to houses (frogs can be very noisy)
• Not too close to big trees (tree roots can cause problems)
• With enough sun for plants to grow.

Choose the type of frog habitat you want to build

1. Liner frog pond
   • Find or create a habitat with shallow and deep areas of water
   • Make the pond a minimum of 50cm in the deepest parts
   • Add in rocks, pebbles and dirt to over the bottom - so your frogs can easily get in and out
   • Add mulch, leaf litter, rocks and logs around the outside to give your frogs somewhere to hide
   • If you use a plastic pond liner, make sure it's not easily punctured.
     
2. Revegetation of natural waterways
   Revitalise natural habitat by removing rubbish and weeds and replanting native vegetation.
3. Above ground frog pond
   Make sure the vessel you choose is watertight and hasn't contained harmful chemicals.
4. Pre-fabricated plastic frog pond
   Ensure you rinse your new plastic pond before you install it as frogs are sensitive to chemicals.

Add native plants

• Tussock Sedges, Sedges and Nardoo for the shallow end
• Marsh flower, Purple Loosestrife, Tassel Sedge and Water Ribbons for deeper areas
• Lomandra, Kangaroo Grass, Swamp Banksia, Saw-Leafed Sedge and Native Ginger for around the edges.

Check your local nursery for good native options for your area.

Add native fish

They are great for mozzie control, but don't let them escape into the waterways.

Don't introduce frogs or tadpoles into your new habitat.

Sit back and relax; the frogs will come.

Limnodynastes peronii

• Most common frog in eastern Australia (certainly the most common in suburban Sydney)
• Frothy white egg mass
• Scattered amongst leaf litter, under rocks, and in other cover by day
• Males call from the water or the pond edge at night.

Litoria dentata

• Far more commonly heard than seen
• By day it hides in pipes and other cavities or under peeling bark
• The eggs are laid in a raft which sinks in a few hours.

Limnodynastes tasmaniensis

• More common south of Sydney and/or west of the Great Dividing Range
• Hides by day in leaf litter and under other ground cover
• The spots may vary from green to almost black and may have a cream stripe running down its back.

Litoria caerulea

• Not common urban species
• Lives in drainpipes, letter boxes and fence posts
• Lays a floating egg raft which sinks some hours later
• Catch large invertebrates and can eat small vertebrates eg. skinks, or mice.

Litoria peronii

• Second most common suburban frog
• Has black and yellow marbling on its thighs, armpits and groin
• Eggs are laid in a floating raft which sinks a fews hours later
• Found hiding by day in plant pots, drainpipes
• By night are sometimes seen on windowsills catching incoming insects.

Litoria aurea

• Once very common now it is classed as endangered.
• It is active by day as well as night and will bask
• The spawn is a raft which sinks after a few hours
• The diet included small vertebrates, other frogs, as well as invertebrates.

If you find this frog, please contact us open.space@campbelltown.nsw.gov.au.

1. Add invertebrates to your pond which eat the Mosquito larva
2. Add Native Fish - The Native fish Association is a good contact.

The Pacific Blue Eye and Australian Smelt make great choices for mozzie control.