COVID-19 spreading across Australia in March and increasing dramatically in cases during April had it looking like any thoughts of snow season was a pipe dream at best.

Commercial trade in native frogs and tadpoles is prohibited in NSW. Some are thriving, but many are threatened by habitat loss, pollution and more. Common wetland frogs include the striped marsh frog, brown-striped grass frog, spotted grass frog, green tree frog and red-eyed green tree frog.

In NSW, almost 1000 animal and plant species are at risk of extinction. The common names of our frogs say it all. Around a busy pond at night when males are wooing partners every kind of sound is thrown around. Find out more about frogs in your backyard: Frogs of NSW Frogs of Sydney . However, Australia's frog populations are declining, as are populations worldwide, for reasons that are as yet unknown. There are 24 birds (1 from the mainland), 7 frogs, and 27 mammal species or subspecies strongly believed to have become extinct in Australia since European settlement. Australia is home to over 240 frog species, most of them endemic.

Frogs that live in wetlands. 4 species have already become extinct.

Common calls include: the striped marsh frog, which has a ‘tock’ call, and sounds a little like a dripping tap; the common eastern froglet goes ‘crick-crick-crick’. We need to know more about the distribution, habits and changing populations of Australia’s frogs - so the Australian Museum came up with an ambitious citizen science plan. Using frogs as bio-indicators can be as simple as noticing that a formerly noisy frog habitat has become silent while other nearby habitats are still active. Australia has the moaning frog, wailing frog, stuttering frog, humming frog, chattering rock frog and laughing tree frog. Of the 71 frog species known in NSW, 47 are dependent on wetlands. The Australian public and businesses did a great job in flattening the curve to an extent that the Federal and State governments of NSW and Victoria have given the OK to run a snow season that will commence from the 22nd of June. Use this interactive map to find out what frogs are in your region of NSW Frogs you’re most likely to see in your garden or local bush include the common eastern froglet, striped marsh frog, the eastern dwarf tree frog and Peron’s tree frog. Following is a list of Australian animal extinctions from the arrival of the first European colonists in 1788 (before the Aboriginal and prehistory extinctions) until the present. Work with us to protect threatened species in the wild. Australia has many different frog species, with over 200 described and probably more to be discovered. FROGS ARE SUPPOSED to croak, but here in Australia they don’t seem to know that. Pet shops are not allowed to buy or sell frogs or tadpoles or even to have them on their premises. Native frogs such as tree frogs and ground frogs need special care and can only be bought from licensed breeders. This is a disturbing trend, because the presence of frogs is a good indication of a healthy environment.