Spotted-thighed frog. Photos: L-A Shibish
Wildlife carer L-A Shibish says frogs Australia-wide are under threat from habitat loss, disease and climate change.
She urges citizen scientists to help monitor frog populations by recording frog calls on their phones and sharing them with Australian Museum scientists using a free app.
This provides valuable data to help protect and conserve frogs.
“Lots of areas around Esperance are under reported,” Ms Shibish said.
“This is a great little project for the school holidays.”
The app can be dowloaded at frogid.net.au/ .
The most common frogs in Esperance are the western banjo frog, spotted thighed frog, bleating froglet and slender tree frog.
