Frogs Conservation

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• Frogs Conservation

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Frog conservation

• With over 210 frog species and new species still
  being discovered, Australia is classed as a
  significant centre of amphibian diversity.
  However, frogs are declining due to
• Habitat destruction/degradation
• Water quality
• Pollution
• Sedimentation
• Stream erosion
• Ultraviolet B radiation
• Introduced species
• Disease
• Climate change/global warming

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Classification of conservation status

• Conservation status categories relating to
  Australian frogs include
• Extinct (3 species in Australia)
• Critically endangered (15 species)
• Endangered
• (18 species including the Growling Grass Frog)
• Vulnerable (11 species)
• Near threatened (8 species)
• Data deficient

www.ecolinc.vic.edu.au
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How can we conserve frog species?

• Create frog habitat
• Build a frog pond
• Manage frog habitats by not altering water
  patterns, maintaining native vegetation,
  excluding grazing by livestock, controlling
  pollution and invasive plant and animal species
• Reduce greenhouse gas and ozone emissions
• Prevent the spread of disease by not relocating
  frogs, tadpoles and plants from one area to
  another

www.ecolinc.vic.edu.au
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Ecolincs stormwater wetland was created to
naturally filter stormwater and to create habitat
for frogs and other aquatic species.
In 2007, a Growling Grass Frog was located in
the Ecolinc wetland and recorded on the DSE
database.
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Pads present on digits
Back distinctly warty
Distinct dorso-lateral fold Frog predominantly
green
Pupils horizontal
Tympanum/ear distinct
Growling Grass Frog at Ecolinc (Litoria
raniformis)