Any chemicals or residues on human hands can be passed to the frog and could even kill it. In a corner of his suburban backyard, Arthur White keeps a variety of frogs in a purpose-built frog house. Some are sick or injured animals he's nursing back to health, others are lost frogs that can't return home. Arthur White has been a keen frog-lover since he was a kid. He now fights for their conservation and protection.
Frogs can live in some unusual places.
This pond at the bottom of sand dunes on Kurnell Peninsula was created by sand mining operations. It's now home to one of Sydney's largest populations of Green and Golden Bell Frogs. He came to Sydney in a box of bananas but can't be returned for fear of spreading the frog fungus. He's one of several unsuspecting travelling frogs who now call Arthur White's back yard home. It out competes some frogs and eats the eggs and tadpoles of others.