Wildlife officials are looking for help to see how Georgia’s frog and toad population is doing. The only caveat is you have to be able to tell one frog from another.
The Little Grass Frog is the smallest frog species in the country and it lives in South Georgia. Georgia has 31 native frogs and toads and they all sound different.
Four years ago the state began monitoring the population, using volunteers to count the amphibians three times a year when they are mating. But DNR Wildlife Biologist John Jensen says more volunteers are needed, especially in the mountains and in South Georgia.
“We want this data to be very useful and to know that there’s good quality in that data so we’re requiring our volunteers to be quizzed on their abilities to identify them.”
Volunteers are expected to go out at night and drive pre-selected routes, making stops at wetland areas. The purpose of the North American Amphibian Monitoring Program is to see if the frog population is changing and reverse any declines.