Purple Harlequin Toad

Mr Frog guy, what is the different between a frog & a toad?

This is probably the second most common question I receive, after "what's your favourite frog".

There is no difference, because this is a false dichotomy. It is not a comparison of equal categories. Toads are one of the ~55 frog families. Toads unequivocally are frogs.

If you want to know the difference between toads and some other family or clade of frogs, you would either have to be more specific, or identify features that are unique to toads—synapomorphies of Bufonidae. These are the differences between toads and all other frogs.

Synapomorphies of Bufonidae include the parotoid glands (but not present in all toads), some funky muscular arrangements, a weird bone in the skull, and the Bidder's organ, which is basically a backup ovary in male toads that allows them to become reproductively active females if their testes are damaged or removed surgically.

A northern spadefoot (Notaden melanoscaphus) in Mornington, Kimberley, WA, Australia

by Melissa Bruton

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Camouflage is a valuable skill in the animal kingdom, and what better way to do it than to make yourself see-through? Glass frogs accomplish this by storing most of their blood in their livers while they sleep, rendering them almost completely transparent! When awake, they appear mostly green, except for their undersides which remain partially translucent.

(Image: A northern glass frog (Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni) both sleeping and awake by Jesse Delia)

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The desert rain frog is the size of a ping pong ball and may walk up to 50 yards in search of insects like termites to eat. BBC Earth

Another poster!! I finally finished the game ^^ Had a great time! :D

My soil texture triangle post has become popular beyond my wildest dreams so sorry not sorry to report that soil texture triangle is old news in this new year its all about

✨️Anura Limb Length and their Adaptions✨️

Olive Snouted Tree Frog Scinax elaeochroa

going to the park

drew one of my cotl ocs:D

(I referenced the sprite from the game quite a lot‼️)

San Jose Cochran Frog

Which frog is well-dressed but well-armed as well?

Personally I have huge respect for someone who commits to a suit that is all one colour, and centrolenid frogs (glass frogs) commit pretty hard to that style, though with occasional polka-dots for good measure. But don't let their high fashion fool you. They are very well armed—at least for battles with each other. Many glass frogs possess fearsome humeral spines; sharp extensions of the upper arm.

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So they're pretty literally well-armed.

An emerald glassfrog (Espadarana prosoblepon) in Imbabura, Ecuador

by Andreas Kay

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Though these frogs look very pretty, admirers must be very careful never to-- wait, no, false alarm! Ranitomeya imitator is better known as the mimic poison dart frog, due to its uncanny resemblence to its deadly relatives. The bright colors help keep predators away, and but their skin is only mildly toxic. R. imitator isn't the only species that's become a copy cat; a number of South American frogs have adopted this tactic with varying degrees of success.

(Image: A mimic poison dart frog (Ranitomeya imitator) with tadpole by Dr. John P. Clare)

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Apparently I learned anura means frog so heket is literally the god frog of frog land.