2 Sep 2022

Australians building backyard frog hotels after fires kill habitats

From Checkpoint, 5:50 pm on 2 September 2022

Aussie ecologists are hoping people will hop onboard with building backyard frog hotels after the creature's habitat was destroyed in the Victoria bushfires.

The DIY temporary frog accommodation, made of PVC pipes, water containers, soil and ferns is aimed at replicating their natural environment can be set up in urban gardens - where many frogs are migrating in search of vegetation.

Gippsland ecologist Bryce Watts Parker says the community's been keen to get involved.