Frog Census for Pc

1. The Frog Census app provides a description of the 16 species of frogs commonly found in the Melbourne region and enables community members to submit frog calls easily and efficiently to the Frog Census program - a community frog monitoring program that has operated since 2001.

2. The Frog Census program is designed to target all regions within Melbourne Water’s service area with a focus on locations that are deficient in frog data, or have been identified as areas of interest.

3. The Frog Census app was developed by Melbourne Water using code from the NatureBlitz app developed by North Central Catchment CMA’s Waterwatch program.

4. The contribution of citizen science data helps us to protect frog species across Melbourne and can provide an indication of water quality in our local waterways.

5. This data is used to track the movement of frog populations across Melbourne and help inform and influence river health management within Melbourne Water and other land management organisations.

6. The census seeks to collate data gathered by volunteers to provide further information on frog species’ distribution across the Port Phillip and Western Port region.

7. The program encourages community members to get involved by becoming citizen scientists and recording frog calls at their local waterway.

8. Frog Census aims to engage the community around the value, importance and threats to frog species throughout Melbourne.

9. - allows the user to submit a frog recording and/or upload photos with additional descriptive text to accompany the records.

10. Frog photographs are courtesy of Peter Robertson and frog audio calls are courtesy of Ed McNabb.

11. - Verifies all frog recordings using a professional ecologist.

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