r/AustralianFrogs

Way better than the toilet bowl ☺️

I have come across some happy frogs and eggs in a neglected pool that I want to transfer to a nearby frog hotel which I need to create.... before the pool guy comes next week to refurbish and clean the pool, dumping a stack of chemicals in the water.

Any advice to give the eggs the best type of chance of survival?

I don't want to go too big (would love to transport it to a different backyard eventually!) so am thinking a pot similar size to this Bunnings How To Build a Frog Hotel.

Will this survive the Sydney Summer heat if it's placed against the pool fence and gets sun most of the day?

How many established plants would I need to buy to put in there so that it stays healthy and the water gets filtered?

Is this a peron's tree frog? Unable to post video of its call i took, but sounds pretty similar. Apologies for terrible photo, as this was the only one I've been able to take of them so far. These guys have been screaming all night every night since my dad's partner accidentally smuggled them in some bromeliads she brought over earlier this month. I couldn't be happier, but would love to know who this distinguished individual is so that I can address and cater to them properly, as any gracious host should.

(I do believe there is more than one of them, at least 3, as it definitely sounds like there's not just the one out there).

(I also have striped marsh frogs, which have still laid eggs in the backyard pond, so is there anything I should worry about them competing with each other? I would like my frog community to be as multicultural as possible)

Update same day: I have counted at least 5! Two in different trees, 1 on the pond edge, 1 on a windowsill, and 1 stuck in the watering can I had just used a couple hours prior. Said watering can has been emptied and left on its side next to the pond so our resident silly guy can escape to nearby hydration.