frogs

Citizen scientists track Southwest Florida frog numbers by listening carefully

Eddie Stewart

FrogWatch USA is a national citizen science program collecting data on frog populations are across the United States, with a Southwest Florida chapter active for over 20 years.

A recent survey of frogs and toads identified by their grunts, ribbits, and trills discovered the pig frog is the only one of nine species still missing after Hurricane Ian lashed the island in September 2022

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Water Quality Report: Pig frogs still AWOL from Sanibel Island

Tom Bayles

Nobody has heard the pig frog grunt on Sanibel Island since Hurricane Ian.

The loud and grunting pig frog is the only one of nine main species that inhabited Sanibel and Captiva islands that appear not to have survived Hurricane Ian

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Water Quality Report: Pig frog, where art thou'?

Tom Bayles

The pig frog is the only one of the species that inhabit Sanibel and Captiva islands that did not make it through Ian or made its back to the islands during the last year-plus.

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Citizen Scientists Track SWFL Frog Populations by Walking and Listening

Mike Kiniry

The Southwest Florida Amphibian Monitoring Network, or Frog Watch, was established in the year 2000 in order to collect long-term data on frog communities…

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Amphibians in Decline

John Davis

A recent study from U.S. Geological Survey researchers finds that frog, toad, and salamander populations are declining at a rapid rate throughout the…