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Frog Watch

Six of the nine frog species found along the Murray River have been recorded at the Riverglades Wetland Complex, in South Australia. The species include the spotted grass frog, common froglet, eastern banjo frog, brown tree frog, southern bell frog and eastern sign bearing froglet.

Field Work

Equipment: tape recorder with microphone, torch, Frog Census data sheet from the Frog Census website (http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/epa/frogcensus/index.html) ‘What Frog is That?’ fact sheet available in the "SA Frog Watch.pdf file in the "Reports and related files" section below.

The best time to hear frogs calling is at night and at sunset.

When out in the field you may like to take a 3 to 5 minute tape recording of the frog calls so you can listen to them back in the classroom.

Identification

Using the ‘What Frog is That?’ fact sheet try and identify the species of frogs found at Riverglades.

Fill out the website data sheet.

Classroom

Look up the Frog Census website on (http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/epa/frogcensus/index.html).

Go to the box ‘Frogs of South Australia’ and click on it. This web page has information on South Australian frogs, their distribution and examples of the calls. If your computer has a sound card you will be able to hear the frog calls.

From listening to the website call you will be able to identify the frog calls you recorded at the Riverglades.

 

Project

Research further one of the species found at the wetland.

Find information on the species habitat, life cycle and where it is found in Australia.

 

Note: A downloadable version of this resource is available in the "reports and related files" section below.

 

• S.A Frog Watch (PDF - 22 KB)