The croaks, chirps and clicks of 1.3 million frogs have already been recorded through the FrogID app.
The initiative, led by the Australian Museum has contributed to the discovery of 13 new Australian frog species, including four which were described as "new to science" in the past year.
Grace Gillard is a First Nations scientist and Technical Officer at FrogID. She hopes more Indigenous people and Australians from regional and remote communities get involved:
“Even though overall we've collected over 1.3 million records of frogs, this is only actually from 40 per of the country.
"So that's 60 per cent of Australia where we basically don't have much of a clue what's calling and how the frogs are doing.”
Amphibians, including frogs are amongst the most threatened groups of animals on Earth, according to Australian Museum.
"We [First Nations people] have this knowledge, this deep traditional knowledge going back generations, and you know the only way to share this ... is to pass it on to new people, to pass it down," said Anaiwan woman, Gillard.
Director and CEO of the Australian Museum, Kim McKay believes:
"This is one of the most accessible ways for every Australian to become a citizen scientist. FrogID transforms an evening walk or barbeque in the backyard into a moment to collect meaningful scientific data."
