There are approximately 30 species of frog officially recorded around Paluma, although several of these species have suffered serious declines in numbers and may no longer be present. Your best chances of finding them will be at night during the wet season. One of our common frogs, the Southern Ornate Nursery Frog, is almost impossible to find but its call is ubiquitous around the village during much of the year.
Other common frogs include the very photogenic Orange-Thighed Tree Frog, which can often be heard calling near ponds or water-filled gutters when it is raining. The beautifully marbled Northern Barred Frog is also quite often seen beside roads and track around the village at night after rain.
Cane toads, unfortunately are also seen around the village and in the forest, but they do not seem to too common.
If you want to try your hand at identifying some of the easier common species of frogs and reptiles around Paluma see the posting on 5 easy species – Reptiles & Amphibians