Are you interested in creating habitat for frogs in your own backyard? Watch this video where Bryce from the East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority shows you how to build a "Frog Hotel".
i have made my own frog hotel as we have a resident white lipped green tree frog I'm hopping it will bring some friends. It is high enough so cane toads can't use it
Mosquitos need very little water to breed. I would have thought the water inside the pipes would be an ideal mosquito breeding area. A water based frog hotel with large holes cut in the pipes beneath the water line to allow fish access strikes me as a solution.
I had been thinking this as well but decided that the frogs generally like to go all the way down and sit on the bottom of the tubes.. in addition the pipes are supposed to give the frogs a sense of security. Doubtful they'd feel secure with both ends open. I'm going to experiment by creating a few hotel tubes directly into the soil of a shaded area near water and a few directly in the water (a shallow red minnow tub that tree frogs often lay their eggs in). I'll be ecstatic if both work, but I'm doubtful about the open water idea.
I would like to know others experiences with holes below the water service for a couple reasons. When the tadpoles hatch, I am concerned about stagnate water and impact on their health, their ability to feed (beyond the nutrients in their tail), and available space for the tadpoles if they are restricted to the diameter of the pipe.
I don't understand this, how are they going to get out of the pipes if they fall down there? And don't tell me they have sticky pads on their feet and they can climb out, because we used to find dead frogs in the window wells all the time, if they can simply climb up the sides then no frogs would get stuck in them!
In my area, the frogs choose a pipe which they fit into without being too roomy. If the pipe is too big, they can’t get the leverage they need to use the legs on both sides of the pipe to climb. That’s my observation of it anyway, as the frogs in my pipe easily shimmy down out the way or up to hop out.
Dragon walker is right… If the pipe is small enough that the frog can get a foot on opposing sides, they can absolutely walk right up. Not necessarily true for a flat wall surface of a window well. Also, the species of frog makes a big difference. These are geared towards tree frogs.
