FrogID

🔧 We’re giving the #FrogID website a tune-up! Scheduled downtime: Tuesday, 25 March from 10am AEDT. You can keep recording frog calls in the app - these will save on your device and can be submitted later. Thanks for your patience while we make improvements behind the scenes!

It’s #WorldFrogDay! 🐸💚 Behind every #FrogID submission is science in action, from mapping species distributions to tracking environmental health, and helping taxonomists scientifically recognise species that were previously unknown to science. Thanks for making this possible!

A lovely Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog recorded by Belinda in urban Sydney 🌿🐸 They’re one of our tiniest tree frogs and the 5th most recorded species across Australia. Your submissions help us understand long‑term patterns and how frogs are responding to changing environments.

Explore Australia’s amazing frogs, hear their calls, and learn how citizen scientists across the country are helping #FrogID better understand and conserve them at the FrogID Touring Exhibition, now on @austmus until 17 May 2026 🐸 Learn more: australian.museum/exhibition/fro…

A Northern Ornate Nursery Frog (Cophixalus ornatus) recorded during #FrogIDWeek! 🐸 These tiny frogs live in the leaf litter of tropical rainforests. Unlike many Australian frogs, they lay eggs on land and the male guards them until they hatch! Thanks for your submission, Kym!

This Ruddy Tree Frog (Litoria/Colleeneremia pyrina) has made itself cosy in a bromeliad - a tiny humid hideaway that offers shelter and moisture. Your submissions help us understand Australia’s frogs and where they’re distributed more accurately. Thanks for your submission, Gail!

The sound you hear is not an insect, but a frog called the Wrinkled Toadlet, which is Found throughout central and northern NSW, and coastal and inland southeast and central QLD. It breeds and calls during spring to autumn. Please keep your submissions coming!

Calling in the rural Lockyer Valley of QLD is the Ornate Burrowing Frog which occurs in arid areas and grassland and breeds during summer after heavy rain. They’re often confused with the introduced Cane Toad, but sound very different. Thanks for your #FrogID submission, Kerry!

Recorded by Vincent with #FrogID near the Gold Coast, QLD, was the Tusked Frog. Keep an ear out for their lovely chirrup call if you’re in their range. They’re found from the mid north coast of NSW up to Eungella in mid north QLD along the coast, and inland to the ranges.

Last spring, rainfall in Perth enticed the elusive Turtle Frog to surface from their underground burrows and find a mate. We really appreciate recordings of this weird and wonderful frog species. Thanks for your #FrogID submission, Brendon!

We would love more #FrogID recordings of our stream breeding frogs and others to help better map their true distributions, breeding habitats and calls. Thank you for recording along creeks, streams and other places near water whenever you can.

We receive great recordings of frog calls from beautiful wetland habitats across Australia. This #FrogID submission by ecologist Joanne Ocock helps us understand frog populations and wetland health in the Marakai-Douglas Daly area of the Northern Territory. #WorldWetlandsDay

Erin’s first #FrogID submissions were captured during #FrogIDWeek in November and one features the Bumpy Rocket Frog. We love hearing their quacks and rattling calls. This species is found across northern Australia, from the Kimberley in WA, the Top End of the NT and across QLD.

FrogID relies on frog calls submitted through the #FrogID app to verify species, however we love receiving images alongside your FrogID recordings. These images can help increase our understanding of the diverse appearances of frogs and the range of habitats they use.

🚨 New #FrogID research finds private land is crucial for frog conservation. 86% of NSW records came from private land, including threatened species like the Green and Golden Bell Frog and Sloane’s Froglet. Read more: theconversation.com/citizen-scient…

🌧️ 🌧️ 🌧️ If it is safe to, please record frog calls with the free #FrogID app to help track how they’re doing 🐸

Thanks for an amazing year – including over 14,500 #FrogIDWeek submissions! Our team will be taking a short break and will return to reviewing recordings and the inbox in January. For help in the meantime, please don’t hesitate to visit our FAQs: frogid.net.au/faq

We love seeing where you recorded frogs during our eighth annual #FrogIDWeek! Our team is currently working through the final 100 submissions and will then return to older submissions. Thank you for your ongoing contributions and patience as we process your fantastic recordings!

FrogID records now cover 42.5% of continental Australia, thanks to your incredible contributions! Our goal is to reach 50% coverage by our tenth year in 2027, and one region where we’re missing vital data from is the Torres Strait. Learn more: frogid.net.au/spatial-covera…

Heard a Cane Toad? 🐸 Record its call with the FrogID app. #FrogID is focused on audio recordings of all frog species in Australia, including invasive Cane Toads to track its spread. 📍 NSW residents can also submit photos via ToadScan by NSW DPI: toadscan.org.au