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I have never had any experience with frogs so you will have to bear with me a little.

I have been living in my house in Sydney for 2 months now, and every night we find small frogs jumping round the living room, and occasionally in other rooms. Then in the morning we find that they have dried out or something because we are always finding shrivelled up bodies.

These frogs are only a maximum of 2cm long, brown, with darker markings on their backs, and they can easily climb the walls and furniture.

We have tried leaving out small water containers, but it hasnt worked, so I was wondering if you could give me any tips on how to stop them dying or coming in? It is really sad to see them in the morning, but we cannot work out where they are coming from, or why they are attracted to the interior of the house. We take them outside when we can catch them, but Im positive the same ones are returning.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, as I said I really know nothing about frogs, and I am scared I will tread on one sooner or later.

I may be shooting in the dark, but we have a similar problem with tree frogs here. They are atttracted to the lights in your house, because the lights attract insects. there must be a little hole somewhere in that mian room where they are coming in. if I were you, I would check any windows you have, or try and find any small cracks, especailly in corners- if you can find and repiar the hole, most likey they wont be able to come in anymore, but you will still be able to enjoy them sitting on your window-glass.

hope this helps.

-Zel

I would check around the foundation, for gaps. The frogs are attracted at night by the insects that are attracted to your lighted home. But they are also apt to "burrow" into your home as daylight approaches, if there are cracks in your foundation. Once in awhile we find American toads in our house, if we leave the front door open all night and the screen door, though shut, has a gap in the bottom.
I am really glad you're not one of those frog haters who would kill the frogs that got in. Sounds like you're doing a reat thing by letting the ones you do find, back outside. I would just inspect your house's foundation really really well, and also check for loose screens in windows or holes in them.
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Ok, something to add...

We have checked the foundations and couldnt find any gaps, although accepted that being very tiny the frogs could have got in somewhere we couldnt find. However, at 3am the other day I saw a much larger frog, probably 5 or 6cm body hopping round the loungeroom. I was running late for work so left the door open a little hoping he would find the way out, but that night we found him dead behind the lounge. Any gaps large enough for this frog we would have definately noticed. We are renting the property and so did a thorough check before moving in, and there are definately no gaps that large. Is it possible for them to get in through the drains and sinks? At my previous house there were always green tree frogs everywhere, we could hear them in the outside drain at night, and found one in the toilet one night. Could they enter the house this way?

Definately not a frog hater, I love pets of all kinds, just never experienced frogs before. My friend has a pet green tree frog, although she is also at a loss as to how they are getting in.