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Common Spadefoot Toad (Neobatrachus sudelli)
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Water, data, everywhere!
Want to create your own scientific project report? If you have collected lots of frog call recordings, you can probably have a go at collating your own WetMAP-style report! Follow the steps below to analyse your data. 1. Form a question or hypothesis. Good science always starts with a question you are trying to answer, or a hypothesis for which you are trying to find evidence. The more specific your question, the easier your analysis will be. A good question for a WetMAP-styl
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Croak! Winter 2020
From the editor Winter in Victoria is an amazing time for frogs! Just when you might think frogs are slowing down, some species are making the most of our wettest season. If you’re in the west, you might hear Painted Burrowing Frogs (Neobatrachus sudelli) calling from puddles and ponds in the next month or two. For the rest of Victoria, the usual suspects are also happily singing away at the moment - Common Eastern Froglets (Crinia signifera) and Spotted Marsh Frogs (Limnodyn
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Croak! May 2020
From The Editor I hope you are all keeping well in these unprecedented times! Although life is currently not how we know it for us, the frogs are continuing to go about their business completely unawares. Many citizen scientists have not been put off either! With lots of people collecting data on their own properties, the recordings are still rolling in. The recent rain has made the frogs even busier and many of them now seem to have fuller social lives than most of us! Thank
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