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Wednesday, 5 September 2012
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Home>Council Services>Environment>Gardens for Wildlife (G4W)>Living with Wildlife in Knox!>Frogs
Frogs are a remarkably diverse group of animals. Victoria is home to 35 species, half of which are threatened by loss of habitat, pollution, disease, feral animals and ultra-violet light.
A frog habitat is a wonderful feature in a wildlife garden. You can monitor frog populations, learn about their life cycles and study the features that help frogs to survive. Most importantly, you can take action to save this fascinating order of amphibians.
Click on the photos at the bottom of this page to see larger images.
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| A frog-friendly pond with unpolluted water | | Healthy habitat for frogs is becoming more scarce, therefore it is important that we encourage frogs into our gardens. Many gardens already have frogs frequenting them but you only hear them calling during the breeding season if they have a suitable breeding site established in the form of a frog pond or bog.
Click here for detailed information on how to create your own pond to attract frogs into your garden for wildlife and click on the link at the bottom of this page to see the Southern Dandenongs Community Nursery Factsheet: Create Frog Habitat.
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| Getting to know the Frogs of Melbourne | | Melbourne's ground frogs are a diverse group spanning 5 genera and 8 species. Despite this diversity they have a number of characteristics in common. Most are burrowing frogs and those that aren't, live under the leaf litter and other debris. All ground frogs throughout Melbourne have tadpoles that develop in water, but spawning sites can vary considerably. Some spawn on land in damp leaf litter, while others, such as the marsh frogs, create floating foam nests.
To learn more about frogs found in Melbourne and to find out more of how to make your pond attractive to frogs likely to be in the local area, visit the www.frogsaustralia.net.au website. Click on the link at the bottom of this page to download the brochure 'Getting to know the frogs of Melbourne' by Craig Cleeland.
Take a look at the frog sensus at http://frogs.melbournewater.com.au/content/results.asp and click on your suburb to find out what frogs have been found in your area.
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| Where to from here? | | There is no doubt that frog population density and species diversity is decreasing everywhere. This loss of biodiversity should be a cause of concern to all of us.
If you are keen to help support your local frogs and want to know more, try the following resources:
Frogs Australia Network website:
www.frogsaustralia.net.au
Melbourne Water Frog Census website:
http://frogs.melbournewater.com.au/
ARC / Victorian Frog Group website:
www.frogs.org.au
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