Pollution
Frogs generally spend part of their life-cycle in water, and their moist skins are especially sensitive to pollution. Ways of reducing the impact of pollution upon frogs include:
- Preventing chemicals such as petrol, insecticides, detergents and fertilisers from entering waterways.
- Reducing water run-off and preventing rubbish, silt and garden waste from getting into storm water drains.
- Constructing and maintaining sediment traps near waterways, especially when disturbing surface vegetation cover.
- If you have a property, keeping a wide belt of vegetation around water bodies as a buffer zone for contaminants and to control erosion.
- Avoid wearing insect repellents and other lotions if you go swimming in areas where frogs live.
Page last updated: 21 February 2008