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"We don't even know how many species of frog we have. The four-year old Frog ID program had already made progress, with participants discovering new populations of threatened species. But she added that "it's not all doom and gloom".
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All the animals that rely on them start to disappear as well," she said. "When frogs decline or disappear, there are far-reaching consequences. "That caused the extinction of at least four species of Australian frogs." She said frogs were important to the food web. That's probably the biggest reason for quieter times for frogs unfortunately," she said. "It hit our frogs and frogs around the world a lot. The historic decline in frog numbers is largely due to a frog pandemic caused by the amphibian chytrid fungus disease.
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Older people often tell Dr Rowley that they remember the days when frogs would cover windows and give off a chorus of croaks. They're really sensitive indicators of environmental health," she said, adding they were dying in large numbers this year. There are areas in Australia that have no scientific records of frogs, even though they are there." IN OTHER NEWS: Dr Rowley said Australia had about 240 known species of native frogs, with more than 30 under threat from extinction. "We are missing even basic information on frogs.
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She urged people to record frogs in backyards, bush, paddocks, dams, remote outback areas, rainforests, mountain slopes and farms. "It's a call to action to record frogs at least once a day," said Dr Rowley, of the Australian Museum and University of NSW. Frogs face various threats such as climate change, bushfires, flood, drought, habitat loss and disease. Dr Jodi Rowley, FrogID lead scientist, said "we need people's help to understand how our frogs are doing and whether they have disappeared". Recorded sounds of frog calls will enable the museum's research team to assess the population.
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The Australian Museum project - which runs until November 21 - involves people monitoring frogs with the free FrogID app. To help save the frogs, citizens are urged to participate in FrogID Week. The death of large numbers of frogs over winter has prompted a call for people to monitor frog calls to help scientists understand the extent of the problem across the country.