NJ Frog Sounds is a mobile web app that enables users to easily call and identify New Jersey frogs and toads.
Identifying frog and toad species is a complicated process for conservation biologists. The scientists working in the field have few options and often lose contact with the amphibians before they are able to conclusively identify them. The goal of this project was to create an app that:
🐸 Allow conservationists to easily reference a frog and toad species unique call.
🐸 Allow them to keep contact with the species by returning calls.
Getting started is easy just navigate to www.NJFrogSounds.com , click on the species of frog or toad you want to call and press the
Since its launch the App has experienced much success in its space. During peak seasons, the app sees 100’s of visitors a week and has a returning visitor rate of nearly 50%. The app was also quickly adopted by many field herpetologists working for the New Jersey Conservation Foundation, and Stockton University. According to our analytics it is also used by many other research institutions and universities.
A major part of this project was to ensuring the app was simple and intuitive to use. Through out the development of this project many ideas were tested in the field before they were pushed to the production version of this app. Testing beta versions allowed us to optimize unforeseen pains of using the app, allowing for a much better user experience on production versions.
- George Czurlanis App author.
- Bill Scullion Content researcher / curator .
In the future I’d like to add all 58 frog and toad species in the United States, as well as a "choose your state" search/dropdown.