Our frog quiz

Q1. What is the best way to identify a frog species?

A1. Frogs vary in appearance so greatly that the most accurate way to identify them is to close your eyes and listen to males calling during a downpour. Each species has a unique call.

Go to www.arf.net.au/frogs/rainforest_frogs to hear the sounds of frogs calling in the Wet Tropics.

 

Q2. Some frogs can change the colour of their skin, why would they do this?

A2. The male Stony-creek Frog is normally a reddish-brown but the colour of his skin dramatically changes to bright yellow during the breeding season possibly to attract a mate.

Go to www.arf.net.au/frogs/rainforest_frogs to see this amazing transformation.

 

Q3. What is the biggest threat to our frogs?

A3. Scientists agree that habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation will be the biggest threat to frogs and other amphibians in the long run. In Australia, current rates of land clearing are still among the highest in the world and dramatically adding to the decline in frog numbers as species struggle to find food, fresh water, suitable resting places and mates.

To learn how to make your garden frog friendly download the Rainforest Frog Pond picture to colour in.

 

Q4. True or False? Frogs can leap higher than a house.

A4. False: But some frogs can launch themselves over 20 times their own length. That would be like you (if you were a 1m tall) jumping over 20 metres (about the 4th floor of a block of apartments).

For more frog facts, fun and games go to www.arf.net.au/frogs/frog_fun

 

The story of the wide mouthed frog

One day a frog was hopping along and when he met a possum he said:
Hello! I’m a wide mouth frog. I eat flies. What do you eat?
The possum said I eat leaves.
Then the frog hopped up to a wallaby and said:
Hello! I’m a wide mouth frog. I eat flies. What do you eat?
The wallaby said I eat grass.
Then the frog hopped up to a crocodile and said:
Hello! I’m a wide mouth frog. I eat flies. What do you eat?
The crocodile said I eat wide mouth frogs. The frog said :
Oh, that’s nice, (to be said in a tight squeaky voice) you don’t see many of those around here.

Frog Facts

What frogs do when they change from a tadpole.		Metamorphose
The best way to identify a frog species.		To close your eyes and listen to males calling during a rain storm
Australia’s largest Treefrog?		White-lipped Treefrog
A group of frogs		An army
The mating embrace of a frog or toad during which eggs are shed into the water and then fertilized.		Amplexus
The name for a group of animals including frogs, toads, newts and salamanders.		Amphibians
The first Australian frog seen in Europe collected in 1770 by Sir Joseph Banks on his voyage with Captain Cook.		A Green Treefrog
A group of toads		A knot
Tadpoles eat mainly plants so they are called?		Herbivores
Frogs mainly eat insects such as flys which means they are?		Insectavores