Learn how to use the FrogSpotter app

By assisting with frog monitoring you can help us understand the health and distribution of our local frog species. Contributing is easy!
Choose a site to survey - preferably during the early evening, login to your FrogSpotter app and record the frogs calling for 3-5 minutes.
Even if you don't hear frogs, your input is valuable - especially if frogs were previously present in those areas, simply record "No" Frogs Calling’ in the 'Add Frogs' section of the survey.
Add details about the site, such as location, habitat type and quality, are also recorded with the FrogSpotter app.
Take a photo of the site so we can see how habitat condition affects the numbers and types of frogs calling. If you sight any frogs, please take a photo with your app to contribute additional information about the frogs that are there.
Try to find a location that doesn’t have loud background noises such as traffic or wind rustling through vegetation. If there is traffic nearby that could impact on the recording, put your back to the traffic and the recorder in front of you to block as much unwanted noise as possible.
After you have completed your recording, play it back to ensure it’s clear. If the recording is not very good, you can delete it and take another one.
You don’t have to know the species of frogs that are calling during a survey.
After you upload your surveys, they’ll be sent to a panel of experts for identification. This ensures a high level of quality control for species sightings.
Species records from FrogWatch SA are regularly forwarded to the Biological Database of South Australia and to the Atlas of Living Australia to ensure they’re widely accessible.
The FrogWatch SA Seasonal Census is a collaborative project between Green Adelaide and the Murraylands and Riverland Landscape Board.