FrogWatch USA
FrogWatch USA™ is a long-term community science monitoring program of frogs and toads. As a volunteer-based monitoring program, FrogWatch gives people across the country an opportunity to be directly involved in gathering information that can ultimately lead to practical and workable ways to stop amphibian decline.
Join the Saint Louis Zoo FrogWatch Chapter
You do not have to be a frog or toad expert to help with frog conservation. All you need is an interest in frogs and toads and a willingness to participate at the level of commitment that works for you.
Our FrogWatch community offers several great ways to get involved in our FrogWatch program with different levels of training and time commitment. You have the option to help collect data about our frog and toad populations as a user of iNaturalist (FrogWatch-Lite) or as a FrogWatch volunteer.
Virtual FrogWatch-Lite Webinar
7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024
You do not need to be a frog expert to get involved with local conservation. All you need is an interest in frogs and toads and a willingness to participate in a 90-minute training session with a commitment to collect a photo(s) and record frog call(s) and share them through a community science app called iNaturalist. Trainings for FrogWatch-Lite will include an introduction to the most common Frogs and Toads of the Saint Louis Area, basic auditory identification, how to use the community science platform iNaturalist, and different ways you can get involved in the Saint Louis FrogWatch community.
In-Person FrogWatch Volunteer Training
This in-person volunteer training will cover all the information needed to get started and to join our FrogWatch volunteer community. This training will include auditory identification of the common frogs and toads of the St. Louis area, as well as FrogWatch data collection and site registration protocols.
Maximum Participants Size: 30
Age: 9th grade - Adult
Thursday, March 7, 2024
6:30-8:30 p.m. at Shaw Nature Reserve: Carriage House
Register here
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
7-9 p.m. at The Living World (North Entrance) at Saint Louis Zoo
Register here
Volunteer Certification
If you are already a FrogWatch Volunteer, why not take the next step and become a certified FrogWatch volunteer. The certification will give your data more credibility and make it even more useful in accomplishing the goals of FrogWatch USA™.
You can become certified by scoring a minimum of 80% on each of the following two assessments administered by your local FrogWatch USA™ Chapter: The FrogWatch Protocol Assessment and the Frog and Toad Call Identification Assessment. These assessments are offered virtually anytime and can be assessed by clicking on the following link: Certification Assessment.
To prepare for certification checkout our chapter resources at to review the FrogWatch program protocols and practice identifying the frog and toad calls of our Missouri species.
Talks and Night Walks
Coming Soon!
More on FrogWatch
- FrogWatch FieldScope web site
- Download the FrogWatch brochure
- Listen to some frog calls
- Follow @frogwatchstl on Twitter and frogwatchstl on Facebook
Saint Louis FrogWatch Chapter Sites
Spring Peeper Program
The Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Institute Spring Peeper Program is working to identify remaining populations of urban frogs and toads in the watersheds located within the Interstate 270 beltway. Causes for the decline of spring peepers, boreal chorus frogs and cricket frogs in these areas are currently being studied with the hope of reestablishing viable and sustainable breeding populations in the future. Data from FrogWatch St. Louis volunteers may contribute to this conservation program.
Contact
If you have any questions, please contact the following individuals:
Michael Dawson, Conservation Education Liaison
dawson@stlzoo.org
(314) 646-4551
Keri Lammering, Conservation Education Liaison
klammering@stlzoo.org
(314) 646-4547