What you will need: a small fish net, a plastic bucket and a torch. Perhaps a frog identification book.

Its surprising but Central Australia has really good populations of frogs after summer rain. Some of our species will come out during summer regardless of rainfall. A visit to a waterhole at night time can be very exciting and sometimes you can spot thousands and thousands of our amphibian friends.

Wonder down to a waterhole at the early evening. With your torch start looking for frogs. Most of the frogs will be in or near the waterhole but they can also roam well away from waterholes as well. Careful where you step!

What are the frogs doing? Some of them will be sitting on the backs of each other. They are mating - trying to produce new frogs for the coming year. Other frogs will be calling. You can often see their inflated throats as they call out into the night. Only male frogs call - the females are usually quiet but they can call out if they are alarmed.

You can catch some frogs with your net and put them in your bucket so you can closely examine them. Frogs breath through their skin so their skin is very sensitive. Don't handle the frogs - the oils on your skin can harm the frogs.

Remember to release all the frogs back where you found them. On National Parks all animals are protected and this is their home that they love. Leave them behind!

You'll easily find the following three types of frogs:

Spencers Burrowing Frog: thee emerge from the creeklines where they bury themselves in the deep sand. They have speckled patterns over their backs and are our most common frog.

Centralian Green Frog: you won't mistake this frog - its our only green-coloured frog. Common sitting near waterholes. In winter, it squeezes down into rock crevices.

Main's or Sheep Frog: speckled frog but has a distinctive cream stripe down its back. This frog calls like sheep - exactly like sheep bleating in a paddock!

Happy frogging! Ranger Michael