Worldwide, many species are declining in numbers or have recently become extinct. Monitoring frog populations is one way to check the health of wetland areas. Frogs can be used as indicator species, because they are vulnerable to changes in the atmosphere, the land, or the water. Tracking changes in the geographic range, the beginning and ending of the calling season, and the population of frogs in Nunavut can help us understand changes occurring in the environment. The most effective way to track changes in frog populations is to listen for their calls during mating season in the springtime.
Male frogs call to protect their territory and attract females.
Each species of frog has a very distinctive mating call. We need your help and want you to become a Frogwatch-Nunavut volunteer observer. Becoming a volunteer is very easy. All you need to do is learn the call of the Wood Frog, choose a location to listen for calls, record your observations, and send your observations to us via our website, telephone, fax, or by mail. Your information will be entered into a database and you will be able to view a map showing your observation location and the location of other Frogwatch volunteers in the Nunavut.