Frog of the Week

January 26, 2018 6:28 AM

Every week for the last two years Gone Froggin has named a different species Frog of the Week. This week's is the Common Rain Frog. The blog has a bunch of other resources and regular features including a breakdown of frog and toad species found in each state, looks at the art of froggin, a Herper of the Week, and a Non-Frog Amphibian of the Week. You can also try your hand at figuring out whether this is a frog or a toad.

There's also a Twitter account.

posted by Copronymus (4 comments total)

I am now capable of telling the difference between a frog and a toad! Thank you!
posted by tofu_crouton at 7:26 AM on January 26, 2018 [1 favorite]

This is great! We need more stuff like this on the internet.
posted by TedW at 9:32 AM on January 26, 2018

The Pichincha Giant Glass Frog is … nocturnal and see thru so it’s hard to find in the wild.

That factoid will stay with me for years.
posted by TedW at 9:34 AM on January 26, 2018

Fascinating. So my college friend who used to refer to frogs and toads, collectively, as "froads", was on to something.
posted by elizilla at 3:50 PM on January 26, 2018