
Frog Fencing
Animex wildlife fencing is designed and tested to control frog movement and exclude them from unwanted or dangerous areas. It optimizes natural frog behavior to encourage safe and fast movement away from the fence line and, unlike mesh fencing, inhibits climbing and entanglement.
Frog exclusion fencing
The life cycle of frogs dictates that females lay their eggs in water. Some species live most of their lives in and around water and are relatively sedentary. Terrestrial frogs, however, live most of the time in other environments, such as forest, but still need to visit water to breed. They are more mobile than their aquatic counterparts and are prone to movements at the start and end of the breeding season. Therein lies a problem for conservationists. In spring, adults make their way to a favored pool, later returning to the environment where they spend the rest of the year. Juveniles also move away from their natal pool to suitable terrestrial habitat; tens of thousands of froglets may migrate from a single pool in late summer.
If there is an artificial obstruction between the two environments – a construction site or a new road, for example – mortality will be greatly increased. Every year there will be two adult migrations and one juvenile migration across it – with resultant development site deaths and road-kill. New developments fragment habitats and obstruct migration routes. They often also involve the removal and relocation of breeding ponds; fencing can be used both to guide them away from development sites and towards newly constructed breeding ponds. Fencing can also be used to aid population assessment prior to any development.
It is the responsibility of planning engineers to reduce the ecological impact that construction sites and roads have, and to use mitigation measures as tools in ecological conservation. Fencing, along with other mitigation measures, such as tunnels, has been shown to reduce deaths on construction sites and road-kill – without disrupting the animals’ life cycle. But it has to be the right kind of fencing or frogs will climb over it, find their way through it or become entangled in it.
IMAGE: Field trip to visit an Animex fencing install to control the movement and help reduce road mortality of various amphibians, including frogs, in Brazil.
Top 5 frog species Animex is commonly used for:
Nothern cricket frog
Dusky gopher frog
Southern gray tree frog
Northern leopard frog
California red-legged frog
California red-legged frog Rana draytonii
Chiricahua leopard frog Rana chiricahuensis
Dusky gopher frog Rana sevosa
Mountain yellow-legged frog Rana muscosa
Oregon spotted frog Rana pretios
Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog Rana sierrae
Northern cricket frog Acris crepitans
Barking treefrog Hyla gratiosa
and more…
Height
40in is the product height most commonly used with frogs
Standard above-ground installed height 22in / 550mm (with anti-climb and anti-dig lips)
We have various fencing products suitable for frogs
Temporary
Recommended for short-term projects between 1-5 years but has an anticipated lifespan of 25 years.
Guide Price: USD $4 per ft / CAD $18 per m
Semi-permanent
Recommended for long-term projects of approximately 15 years but has an anticipated lifespan of 50 years.
Guide Price: USD $9 per ft / CAD $40 per m
Permanent
Recommended for long-term projects of approximately 25 years but has an anticipated lifespan of 50 years.
Guide Price: USD $30 per ft / CAD $150 per m
Guide prices are based on Animex fencing material and standard fixings and fasteners. This does not include support posts or installation. AMX-48, AMX-60 or a customized, unlisted product may be more appropriate for some projects. Please contact us if you have any concerns or questions about the height or type of fence that is best for your project.
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