From the green tree frog in the letter-box, a small boy with a marsh frog
in his pocket, to a burrowing frog hijacked in a trailer-load of sand; almost everyone above a certain age can recall an experience with frogs. Sadly for most urban folk their once ubiquitous nocturnal call on those rainy summer nights is fast becoming a fading memory.

Despite the reminiscence, it is not the intent of this article to provide the keys necessary for the identification of specific frog species, other than to state that frogs can be grouped into three broad and sometimes overlapping attributes; tree climbing, ground dwelling and burrowing. These distinctions can assist the gardener with an insight into the suite of landscape elements necessary for a frog friendly garden.