ToM and Marie's Southern Queensland FROG Page

Over the past couple of years I have been reminded by those quite close to me that there is more to the Natural History of Southern Queensland than birds, and Marie has become increasingly involved with the study of frogs,  whenever we are fortunate enough to come across frogs or any other wildlife we try to take photographic or video records, some of which we have included in this webpage. Unfortunately we frequently find that gaining a photo means handling the specimen so we apologise for numerous pictures of our hands but hope we can generate some interest in these fascinating creatures, hopefully in time we will be able to include their calls as audio files too.

In the Greater Brisbane Area there are between 30 and 40 species of native frogs,  most still fairly common although some are particularly threatened by development,  of the seven species shown none is very difficult to find, although some may require a trip to a national park or nature-reserve. The majority of these frogs were found on wet summer nights, but there are several species which call on winter evenings, rather small cryptically-coloured Froglets of the genus Crinia which can be mistaken for young Cane Toads, so take care.....your new frog species could prove to be an introduced menace....as we have found out to our cost!

If you have any questions regarding frogs or any other wildlife please drop us a line on our Forum or contact Dr Dave Stewart  at the Brisbane Frog Society