Vic Patterson

FrogID validator and volunteer research assistant in Central QLD, Australia. @FrogIDAus

[Vic Patterson @VicPatz]

Amazing to see how puffed up some of these little guys get. He looks like he might just pop!

A Short-footed Frog (Cyclorana brevipes) calling after heavy rains around #Biloela in Central QLD yesterday.

Recorded for @FrogIDAus 🐸

[Vic Patterson @VicPatz]

@nadiah_rsln are you around at all?

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

January me is going to have a lot of work to do but I’m sure he can handle it.

*December me ignores another email and reaches for a mince pie*

[Vic Patterson @VicPatz]

A pair of Ornate Burrowing #Frogs (Platyplectrum ornatum) laying spawn!

The female whacks her little arms around like that to make air bubbles. These bubbles form the ‘foam nest’ that holds the eggs - you can see them forming on her nose! 🐸

#WilzOz #FrogID @FrogIDAus

[Vic Patterson @VicPatz]

@drewdleville @FrogIDAus It looks like it doesn’t it! The female frogs do this with their front legs while laying eggs, to “whip up” a foamy nest! The eggs float in this bubbly nest on the surface of the water before they’re ready to start swimming.

[Vic Patterson @VicPatz]

I’ve never seen such a frenzy of Ornate Burrowing #Frogs!!!

Pairs laying everywhere, and opportunistic males calling between them. They were all barging each other around!

#CentralQLD #FrogID

Recorded for @FrogIDAus

[Vic Patterson @VicPatz]

@bogandillan @GeorgeS20334482 You could also zip tie corflute sheets to the base of your pool fence 🙂

[Vic Patterson @VicPatz]

The frogs finally came out for #FrogIDWeek… Just in the nick of time!!

A huge storm last night excited the frogs in my area. So lovely to see (and hear!!) so many healthy happy Green Tree Frogs.

Recorded for @FrogIDAus of course 💚🐸

[FrogID @FrogIDAus]

Thank you for your patience as we work through thousands of #FrogIDWeek recordings!

Don’t forget to check your ‘Not Submitted’ folder on the FrogID app to ensure all your recordings have uploaded.

#FrogID meme credit: Zara Evans 🐸

[Vic Patterson @VicPatz]

Hello

[Vic Patterson @VicPatz]

Well it’s dry with me atm, so not much action for #FrogIDWeek!

There are still a few Green Tree Frogs (aka croaky boys) calling every now and then from the fence posts though 💚

Recorded for @FrogIDAus

[Vic Patterson @VicPatz]

@FrogIDAus Woo! I’m loving these badges

[CSIRO @CSIRO]

Happy #FrogIDWeek - Australia's Biggest Frog Count! 🐸

Between 11-20 November, record frog calls through the free @FrogIDAus app.

A brainchild of @austmus, the FrogID app is working to measure frog health and distribution over time.

Hop to it. 💚 https://t.co/Ue7aeemFPZ

[George Madani @Uncle_Maddog]

A refreshed spring morning post midnight storm turns a claypan into a theatre for a froggy orchestra on @BushHeritageAus western NSW property Naree Station on beautiful #budjiti country!

What species can you hear?

[Vic Patterson @VicPatz]

@Uncle_Maddog @BushHeritageAus Wow!! Amazing. Please consider recording with the FrogID app if you haven’t already!

[Queensland Museum Kurilpa @qldmuseum]

Did you know that every frog species in Australia makes a unique call & there are species that remain to be discovered? 🐸
This #FrogIDWeek, record frog calls with the @AustMus @FrogIDaus app to help us understand and conserve frogs. Download the free app: https://t.co/80IW85Xurv

[Jodi Rowley @jodirowley]

This Friday is the start of #FrogIDWeek! Please download the @FrogIDAus app and get recording whenever you hear calling frogs. Together we can better understand and conserve #frogs! @AustmusResearch @CES_UNSW @UNSWScience @unswbees

[The School of Life @TheSchoolOfLife]

To a humiliating (but helpful) extent, some of the gravest problems we face during a day can be traced back to a brutally simple fact: that we have not had enough sleep.

[Jodi Rowley @jodirowley]

We need your help to better understand the impact of the winter 2021 mortality event on Australian #frogs! If you live in or are visiting these 5 priority areas, your @FrogIDAus submissions will be particularly important!

https://t.co/Wpa2c302fE

[FrogID @FrogIDAus]

To understand what impact the terrible mortality event of winter 2021 has had on our #frogs, the @austmus herpetology team needs your help. Please record frog calls with the @FrogIDaus app, particularly from these five priority areas in #NSW. Read more: https://t.co/x7tIfZPDgz

[Vic Patterson @VicPatz]

Here’s a better view

[Vic Patterson @VicPatz]

The first view of a Wrinkled Toadlet (Uperoleia rugosa) I was trying to find.

Upes look like little pebbles, and they sound like it too. If you hear a weird clicking coming from the grass, it might be one of these guys! #FrogID