tadpole

From Middle English tadpolle, taddepol, equivalent to toad + poll (“head”).

A young toad or frog in its larval stage of development that lives in water, has a tail and no legs, and, like a fish, breathes through gills.

salamander tadpole

(by extension) The aquatic larva of any amphibian.

A type of cargo bike that has two wheels in front and one in back.


frog

From frog legs, stereotypical food of the French. Compare French rosbif (“English person”), from roast beef, corresponding term for the English, likewise based on stereotypical food; and Kraut for Germans.

(Canada, offensive) A French-speaking person from Quebec.


toad

From Middle English tode, toode, tadde, tade, from Old English *tāde, a shortened variant of Old English tādie, tādiġe (“toad”).
Cognate with Scots tade, taid, taed, ted (“toad”). Compare also Danish tudse (“toad”), possibly originally from the same prehistoric root; also Swedish tåssa, tossa (“toad”), Old English tāxe (“toad”), Old English tosca (“toad”) by contrast.

Shortly he heard the trolls coming. They had a fiddler with them, and some began dancing, while others fell to eating the Christmas fare on the table - some fried bacon, and some fried frogs and toads, and other nasty things which they had brought with them.

1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 149:

1971, Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger & John Densmore, "Riders on the Storm", The Doors, L.A. Woman.
There's a killer on the road / His brain is squirmin' like a toad

An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae.


fry

From Middle English frie (“spawn of fish, young or small fish, offspring, progeny, children”), probably from Old Norse frjó (“seed, semen”), from Proto-Germanic *fraiwą (“seed, semen, offspring”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per-, *(s)prey- (“to strew, sow”). Cognate with Icelandic frjó (“pollen, seed”), Icelandic fræ (“seed”), Swedish frö (“seed, embryo, grain, germ”), Danish and Norwegian frø (“seed”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍅 (fraiw, “seed”). Likely merging with Old French froiz, froie (“spawn, spawning”), from froier, freier (“to spawn”), from Latin fricō (“to rub”). The Middle English is attested earlier than the terms in Old French, and the Anglo-Norman forms frie, fry are borrowings from the Middle English.


fry

Dialectal, of obscure origin. Perhaps related to or a corruption of frith (“a wood, forest", also "brushwood, wattle”), from Middle English fryth, frith (“forest, woodland, a fence of brush or wattle, hedge”).

unc

obscure


frock

From Middle English frok, frokke, from Old French froc (“frock, a monk's gown or habit”), perhaps via Medieval Latin hrocus, roccus, rocus (“a coat”), from Frankish *hrokk (“skirt, dress, robe”), from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz (“robe, jacket, skirt, tunic”), from Proto-Indo-European *kreḱ- (“to weave”).
Cognate with Old High German hroch, roch (“skirt, dress, cowl”) – whence German Rock (“skirt, coat”) –, Saterland Frisian Rok (“skirt”), Dutch rok (“skirt, petticoat”), Old English rocc (“an overgarment, tunic, rochet”), Old Norse rokkr (“skirt, jacket”), whence Danish rok (“garment”).

cog

A dress, a piece of clothing, which consists of a skirt and a cover for the upper body.


ranine

en-adj

ranine (comparative more ranine, superlative most ranine)

more ranine (comparative)
most ranine (superlative)

Relating to, or designating, a swelling under the tongue; also, relating to the region where the swelling occurs, especially to branches of the lingual artery and lingual vein.


ranidaphobia

Now, you have no reason to suffer from ranidophobia – the fear of frogs.

2001 May 22, Kathy Antoniotti, “Make a frog from papier machie and Styrofoam”, in Rome News-Tribune, page T1:

One published case documented a woman who developed ranidaphobia, as it is known, after running over a knot of frogs with a lawn-mower.

2013, Nick Haslam, “What are phobias?”, in The Explainer: From Déjà Vu to Why the Sky Is Blue, and Other Conundrums, CSIRO Publishing, →ISBN, page 231:

However Marinaccio's ranidaphobia may soon be quieted, as Clarence, N.Y., recently awarded him a $1.6 million settlement after he sued both the town and development firm Kieffer Enterprises for diverting the water runoff from a nearby development onto his land.

2013 April 10, Derek Prall, “Man sues town over plague of frogs”, in American City & County:


frosh

(colloquial, plural "froshes") Short for frosh week.


bufo

From translingual Bufo marinus (now Rhinella marina), the cane toad, from Latin būfō (“toad”).


tree frog

A frog of the family Hylidae, of small size and more elegant in form than the true frogs (family Ranidae), often with a bright coloration.


frosk

From Middle English frosk, from Old English frosc, frox (“frog”) and Old Norse froskr (“frog”); both from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz, *fruþskaz (“frog”), from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“to jump, hop”). Doublet of frosh.


bullfrog

The bull-frogs were also very large, and with voices proportionate to their size[.]

1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

Any of various frogs having a croak that resembles the bellow of a cow or bull.

American bullfrog

Lithobates catesbeianus or Rana catesbeiana


paddock

From Middle English paddok, paddoke (“frog; toad”) [and other forms], from pad, pade (“frog; toad”) + -ok (diminutive suffix). Pad, pade is derived from Old English *pada, *padda, padde, from Proto-West Germanic *paddā, from Proto-Germanic *paddǭ (“toad”); further etymology uncertain, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to swell”). The English word is analysable as pad (“(Britain, dialectal) frog; toad”) + -ock (suffix forming nouns, originally with diminutive senses).
Sense 2 (“sledge”) is probably from the supposed resemblance of the object to a frog or toad.

suffix

Where I was wont to ſeeke the honey Bee, / Working her formall rowmes in Wexen frame: / The grieſlie Todeſtoole growne there mought I ſe / And loathed Paddocks lording on the ſame.

1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “December. Ægloga Duodecima.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC, folio 49, verso:

Where I was wont to seek the honey bee, / Working her formal rooms in waxen frame: / The grisly toadstool grown there might I see / And loathed paddocks lording on the same.

Padock calls anon: faire is foule, and foule is faire, / Houer through the fogge and filthie ayre.

c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 131, column 1:

[F]rom the hall wherein the mourners died / A grey wolf glared, and o'er his head the bat / Hung, and the paddock on the hearth-stone sat.

1870, William Morris, “October: The Man Who Never Laughed Again”, in The Earthly Paradise: A Poem, part III, London: F[rederick] S[tartridge] Ellis, […], →OCLC, page 240:

(chiefly Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland)


peeper

An animal, such as some frogs, having a shrill, high-pitched call.


cane toad

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cane toad.wav

Pieces of the deadly cane toad (Bufo marinus) are thought to be contained in some zombi poisons.

2007 Gee, Joshua Encyclopedia Horrifica, Scholastic: New York. p110

Rhinella marina
Rhinella marina#Translingual

A large toad, Rhinella marina (formerly Bufo marinus), of Central and South America, introduced to Australia and various Pacific islands where it is now an invasive pest species.

(Australia, slang, derogatory, humorous, especially used in rugby league) A person from Queensland; a Queenslander.


polliwog

From earlier polwigge, from Middle English polwygle, equal to poll (“head”) + wiggle.

So Tommy sang the following verse: “The cold got worse, The frog got hoarse, Till croaking he scared a polliwog!”

1897, L. Frank Baum, “The Story of Tommy Tucker”, in Mother Goose in Prose:


batrachian

en-adj

batrachian (comparative more batrachian, superlative most batrachian)

more batrachian (comparative)
most batrachian (superlative)

From New Latin Batrachia, former name of the zoological order Anura, from Ancient Greek βατράχεια (batrákheia), neuter plural of adjective from βάτραχος (bátrakhos, “frog”).

Anon the minnow-bucket will emit '"batrachian"' sobs.

1905, Eugene Field, Songs And Other Verses:

At this Lena smiled again with that mirthless batrachian grin.

1939, Henry Miller, Tropic of Capricorn, Grove Press, published 1962, page 31:

His batrachian lips pursed into a smile, and he dug again into the honey.

2000 The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, "The Innsmouth Look"
I dig her batrachian lips / Her bulbous eyes and scaly hips

Pertaining to or resembling a frog or toad.


frog legs

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-frog legs.wav


froggy

froggy (comparative froggier or more froggy, superlative froggiest or most froggy)

froggier (comparative)
more froggy (comparative)
froggiest (superlative)
most froggy (superlative)

Absolutely voiceless and baggy-eyed from hours of sour singing, no sleep, and a froggy throat from yelling in ego to be heard atop the rest.

frog in one's throat
frog in one's throat

Suffering from a frog in one's throat; hoarse.


coqui frog

Any of the genus Eleutherodactylus of frogs native to the Caribbean, but which have become invasive by introduction outside its natural range.


platanna

[…]leading medical pathologist, Dr Louis P. Bosman, became so concerned at the depletion of the local platanna population that he petitioned the Provincial Administration to introduce protective legislation and to investigate the possibility of the artificial culture of these animals at the Jonkershoek Hatchery.[…]For many years scientists observed that there was only one species of platanna, Xenopus laevis. Dr Walter Rose, who devoted many years of study to the amphibians of the Western Cape, had questioned this, and had eventually became convinced that there was another species, similar in appearance, but smaller, shyer and less aggressive. This he named X. gilli after Dr L. Gill, director of the South African Museum.

1977, Douglas Hey, Water: Source of Life, Oxford University Press, pages 109–110:

Some frogs, like the Platanna (Xenopus laevis), are wholly aquatic, living, feeding and breeding under water.

1990, Louis Liebenberg, A Field Guide to the Animal Tracks of Southern Africa, David Philip Publishers, page 81:

Platannas are found almost permanently in water and can remain submerged for hours without needing to surface.

2008, Rael Loon, Hidden Wonders: The Small 5005 of Southern Africa, Insects, Spiders, Frogs, Reptiles, Jacana Media, page 269:

Xenopus laevis
Xenopus laevis#Translingual

Any of several clawed frogs of the genus Xenopus which spend most of their time in water and rarely emerge onto land, especially the common platanna, Xenopus laevis.


brekekekex

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βρεκεκεκέξ (brekekekéx), coined by Aristophanes in the comedy The Frogs.

lbor

Brekekekex! co-ax! co-ax! O happy, happy frogs!
How sweet ye sing! would God that I
Upon the sweet bubbling pool might lie,
And sun myself to-day
With you! No curtained bride, I ween,
Nor pillowed babe, nor cushioned queen,
Nor tiny fay on emerald green,
Nor silken lady gray,
Lies on a softer couch. O Heaven!

1871, John Stuart Blackie, The Musical Frogs:

Iris:
He warbled a plaintive rondo —
Of brekekekex koax —
Chorus:
Koax!
Iris:
The other frogs thought it splendid,
Most splendid —
Chorus:
Most splendid!
Iris:
Applauding him when he ended
With brekekekex koax —
Chorus:

1898, Harry Greenbank, Adrian Ross (lyrics), “A Frog he lived in a Pond”, in A Greek Slave

(nonce word) Nonsense word supposedly imitative of frogs.


crapaud

Borrowed from French crapaud (“toad”). Doublet of crappo.

(derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive, slang) A French person.


pode

From Middle English pode, pod, podde (“toad”), from a merger of Middle English pade, padde (“toad”) + tode (“toad”), equivalent to a blend of pad + toad.

By God ye be a pretty pode […]


squeaker

A party toy that uncoils with a squeaking sound when blown; a party puffer.

I mentioned that you correctly predicted nine of the last 10 presidential election outcomes, save one, in 2000 when George W. Bush defeated Al Gore, and that was a squeaker.

2024 October 3, Dana Taylor, “Allan Lichtman shares his 2024 presidential election prediction (podcast transcript)”, in USA Today, The Excerpt:

(US) A game or election won by a narrow margin.

An animal that squeaks.
Any of family Arthroleptidae, of frogs.

A squab or young domestic pigeon still in the nest.


froglike

en-adj

froglike (comparative more froglike, superlative most froglike)

more froglike (comparative)
most froglike (superlative)

Though it was not far to Jamiltepec, once outside the village, the chauffeur and his little attendant lad began to get frightened, and to go frog-like with fear.

1926, D. H. Lawrence, chapter 19, in The Plumed Serpent, New York: Vintage, published 1955, page 316:

I have seen, too, a frog-like beast with protruding green eyes, which is simply a gaping mouth with a huge stomach behind it.

1929, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter 5, in The Maracot Deep:

a froglike croak

Parsons, Winston's fellow-tenant at Victory Mansions, was in fact threading his way across the room--a tubby, middle-sized man with fair hair and a froglike face.

1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part One, Chapter 5:

It was the typical chatter of the moment when each woman was showing off her baby, held against her froglike belly.

1988, Yasunari Kawabata, “Samurai Descendant”, in Lane Dunlop, J. Martin Holman, San Francisco, transl., Palm-of-the-Hand Stories, North Point Press, page 133:

Similar to a frog (amphibian), or to a characteristic of a frog.


batrachotoxin

en-noun

batrachotoxin (countable and uncountable, plural batrachotoxins)

From Ancient Greek βάτραχος (bátrakhos, “frog”) + toxin.

compound

(neurotoxicology, uncountable) An extremely neurotoxic and cardiotoxic steroidal alkaloid found in poison dart frogs.

(toxicology, countable) Any one of a group of extremely neurotoxic and cardiotoxic steroidal alkaloids found in poison dart frogs, Melyridae beetles, and certain birds.


leaf frog

Compound of leaf + frog. Compare German Laubfrosch (“treefrog”), Faroese leyvfroskur (“treefrog”).

Any tree frog of the subfamily Phyllomedusinae.


ranivore

A frog-eater; a creature that eats frogs.


natterjack

A toad of species Bufo calamita (or Epidalea calamita), known for its running lizard-like gait and very loud mating call.


red-eye

en-noun

red-eye (countable and uncountable, plural red-eyes)

The noun is derived from red + eye; sense 2.3 (“strong but poor-quality whiskey”) and sense 3 (“overnight airplane flight”) are probably so named because they may cause people to develop bloodshot eyes.
The verb is derived from the noun.

Agkistrodon contortrix Linnaeus.—Cotton-mouth, Highland Moccasin, Rattlesnake Pilot, Red-eye.

[1905, F. N. Notestein, “The Ophidia of Michigan with an Analytical Key”, in Seventh Report of the Michigan Academy of Science: […], Lansing, Mich.: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co., state printers, →OCLC, page 120:

Agkistrodon contortrix
Agkistrodon contortrix#Translingual

(countable) Any of various animals that have red eyes.

(US) Either of two subspecies of the copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix), a venomous pit viper native to the United States: either the broad-banded copperhead or Texas copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus), or the highland moccasin or northern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen).


frogspawn

A gelatinous mass of frogs' eggs, laid in ponds and ditches.


spadefoot

spadefoot (plural spadefoots or spadefeet)

Any member of several groups of burrowing toads, with a spadelike appendage on the hind legs.

Borneophrys (Edwardina's spadefoot toads)


jakie

(archaic) A South American striped frog, Pseudis paradoxa, remarkable for having tadpoles larger than the adults.


poison dart frog

poison dart frog (plural poison dart frogs)

From poison + dart + frog. Named because a few species were used by Native Americans as a source of poison for blowdarts.

Any of the poisonous frogs of the family Dendrobatidae.


froglet

(ethnic slur) A little or insignificant French person.


painted frog

Any of various frogs with colorful markings:

Discoglossus nigriventer (Hula painted frog), of Palestine.


tailed frog

Either of two species of frogs in the genus Ascaphus, distinctive by virtue of having what looks like a tail.


disc-tongued frog

disc-tongued frog (plural disc-tongued frogs)

Today, the common midwife toad can be found from the lowlands of southern Belgium to the sandy wastes of Spain, making it the most successful and widely distributed member of Europe’s oldest surviving vertebrate family, the Alytidae, a group comprising the midwife toads, the disc-tongued frogs, the firebellies and the painted frogs.

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 36:

Any frog in the former family Discoglossidae, now known as the Alytidae.


litter frog

Any of a group of frogs in the family Megophryidae, notable for their camouflage abilities.


parsley frog

Any of a group of frogs in the family Pelodytidae, of which only genus Pelodytes is extant, some of which have the appearance of being garnished with parsley.


tongueless frog

tongueless frog (plural tongueless frogs)

One of a group of aquatic frogs in the Pipidae family.


clawed frog

Any of a group of aquatic carnivorous frogs in the genus Xenopus, which are very small and have small claws.

żaba szponiasta (also refers to xenopus laevis)


Tukeit Hill frog

Tukeit Hill frog (plural Tukeit Hill frogs)

A small frog of variable colouration, until recently the only described species in the genus Allophryne, found in South America.


marsupial frog

Any of a group of frogs in the family Amphignathodontidae, found in Central America and South America.


screeching frog

screeching frog (plural screeching frogs)

Any of a group of frogs in the family Arthroleptidae, with distinctive high-pitched calls.


glass frog

Any of a group of frogs in the family Centrolenidae, with distinctive light-coloured or translucent skin.


ghost frog

Compound of ghost + frog. Perhaps because of their occurrence in Skeleton Gorge.

Any of a group of frogs in the family Heleophrynidae, which live in mountain streams in South Africa.


shovelnose frog

shovelnose frog (plural shovelnose frogs)

Shovelnose frogs, fat little things, lumpy-backed and moss-coloured, come together to mate, the male climbing on the back of the female as she digs down into the ground away from the river.

2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 25:

Any of a group of moderate-sized frogs in the genus Hemisus and family Hemisotidae, which have a small upturned nose.


sedge frog

Any in family Hyperoliidae of medium-sized frogs.


true frog

Any frog of the large family Ranidae, found worldwide, typically with smooth and moist skin; large, powerful legs; and extensively webbed feet.


moss frog

A group of tropical frogs in the Rhacophoridae family, mostly arboreal.


Malabar flying frog

Malabar flying frog (plural Malabar flying frogs)

A species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae, found in western India, Rhacophorus malabaricus, having the ability to glide due to the webbing between its toes.


Darwin's frog

Rhinoderma darwinii, a species of frog native to Chile and Argentina, with a distinctive feature of raising the tadpoles in the male's vocal sac.


vocal sac

The flexible membrane of skin possessed by most male frogs, used for amplification of the voice.

häälepõis

flexible voice-amplifying membrane of male frog


Amazon milk frog

Amazon milk frog (plural Amazon milk frogs)

A large frog native to South America, of species Trachycephalus resinifictrix.


blue-sided leaf frog

blue-sided leaf frog (plural blue-sided leaf frogs)

A species of tree frog native to Costa Rica, Agalychnis annae, noted for the blue stripes running down both of its sides.


long-fingered frog

long-fingered frog (plural long-fingered frogs)

Any of a group of frogs of the genus Cardioglossa.


anuran

From New Latin Anoura, Anura (“name of the order of amphibians”), or from French Anoures (“name of a family of amphibians”) (from Latin an-, from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥- (“un-, not”) + Ancient Greek οὐρά (ourá, “tail”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érsos (“backside, buttocks”)) + -n, from Latin -ānus (“of or pertaining to”, adjective-forming suffix), from -nus, from Proto-Indo-European *-nós (adjective-forming suffix).

der

The fact that the higher Batrachia go on metamorphosing until several of their structures are so perfect as to require but the gentlest modification to make them fit for the Mammal, does not require one to suppose that the Toad and the Frog lie in the direct route from the Ichthyic to the Mammalian types. That such power of variation, such aptitude for transformation exists in these essential but metamorphic Fish, suggests the probability that some of the very earliest of the Amphibia, filial perhaps to forms far lower than the Lamprey, did not stop at the last metamorphic stage of an Anuran, but changed still further, and thus laid the foundation of the higher classes.

1871, William Kitchen Parker, “VIII. On the Structure and Development of the Skull of the Common Frog (Rana temporaria, L.). By William Kitchen Parker, F.R.S. Received October 10, 1870,—Read January 19, 1871.”, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, volume 161, part I, London: Printed by Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, →OCLC, page 202:

Inactivity may dominate an anuran’s life. Spea hammondii in the deserts of southwestern North America spend >90% of their life inactive; they appear explosively and breed with the first heavy summer rains, then feed for 2–3 weeks before becoming inactive for another year.

2001, George R. Zug, Laurie J. Vitt, Janalee P. Caldwell, “Thermoregulation, Performance, and Energetics”, in Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles, 2nd edition, San Diego, Calif., London: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 191, column 1:

Often the anuran gives a release call, a signal to other anurans that it is either not sexually receptive or is of the wrong sex to be amplexed. The release call may sound similar to a distress call, a vocalization emitted by an anuran in response to predation, but either call may serve to startle a clinician momentarily, by which time the anuran may escape.

2006, Kevin M. Wright, “Overview of Amphibian Medicine”, in Douglas R. Mader, editor, Reptile Medicine and Surgery, 2nd edition, St. Louis, Mo.: Saunders Elsevier, →ISBN, page 947:

(batrachology) Any amphibian of the order Anura; a frog, a toad.


salientian

(biology) Any amphibian of the clade Salientia; frogs and toads, those of order Anura and extinct relatives of other orders.


toadlike

en-adj

toadlike (comparative more toadlike, superlative most toadlike)

more toadlike (comparative)
most toadlike (superlative)


croaker

A fish in the family Sciaenidae, known for the throbbing sounds it makes.


African clawed frog

en-noun

African clawed frog (plural African clawed frogs)

Heaven knows what led him to do it, but Hogben found that if you injected an African clawed frog with the urine of a pregnant woman, within hours it would lay eggs.

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 283:

A clawed frog found in southern Africa, Xenopus laevis, that has some properties very useful for genetics.


froggish

en-adj

froggish (comparative more froggish, superlative most froggish)

more froggish (comparative)
most froggish (superlative)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-froggish.wav

Well if you feel froggish
And you wanna hop my gal
Please don't be no fool
'Cause I took you for my pal.

1954, Ike Turner, Brother Bell, If You Feel Froggish:


froggish

(slang, offensive) Resembling or characteristic of a French person.

(slang, offensive) Resembling or characteristic of the French language.


hyla

From the genus name Hyla, from Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “wood, forest”).

uder

I lifted one of the skins from the mortar and held it close to the candle. Even I could recognize it as that of the common hyla tree frog.

1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 153:


flying frog

Any type of frog with the ability to glide


giant frog

One of a number of species of large frogs.


paradoxical frog

en-noun

paradoxical frog (plural paradoxical frogs)

/ˌpæɹəˈdɒksɪkəl fɹɒɡ/

/ˌpɛɹəˈdɑːksɪkəl fɹɑɡ/

/ˌpɛɹəˈdɑːksɪkəl fɹɔɡ/

So called because it is larger as a tadpole than as an adult frog.

Pseudis paradoxa, a species of frog unusual because it is larger as a tadpole (up to 25 cm or 10 in. long) than as an adult (about a quarter of that length).


epibatidine

(organic chemistry) A polycyclic alkaloid, obtained from the skin of the poisonous frog Epipedobates tricolor, that is a powerful analgesic


froggery

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-froggery.wav

A place or enclosure where frogs are kept, and often bred.


ranarian

en-adj

ranarian (comparative more ranarian, superlative most ranarian)

more ranarian (comparative)
most ranarian (superlative)


eleutherodactyline

Scientists at Penn State have penciled in the branches of the evolutionary tree of a major group of frogs, the eleutherodactylines, in the process making a surprising discovery: the species dispersed from South America to Central America and the Caribbean over water, not land.

2007 June 12, Henry Fountain, “Warming in the Arctic? Blame the Snow. The Dirty Snow, That Is.”, in New York Times:

(zoology) Any of the frogs of the family Eleutherodactylidae.


dendrobatid

(zoology) Any member of the family Dendrobatidae of poison dart frogs.


goliath frog

A large anuran, Conraua goliath, from Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea.


leopard frog

Any of several North American frogs, most of which are green with black spots.


horned frog

But among all the harmless reptiles of Texas, decidedly the most singular is the horned frog; it resembles the common frog […]

1855, John Wright, William Wright, Recollections of Western Texas, published 1995, page 41:

The horned frog is a native of Texas and Lower California, where he is found inhabiting the sandy soil of the prairies and the pockets of the small boy. / The horned frog is really no frog at all, but a lizard traveling incognito.

1912, J. W. Reading, “Locomotive Engineers Journal”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 47:

I have always had aspecial affinity for horned toads, probably because I went to Texas Christian University, whose mascot is the horned frog

2012, Lonn Taylor, Texas, My Texas: Musings of the Rambling Boy:

(US) Synonym of horned lizard; genus Phrynosoma, especially the Texas horned lizard.


Titicaca frog

Titicaca water frog
Titicaca water frog#English


Sonoran Desert toad

en-noun

Sonoran Desert toad (plural Sonoran Desert toads)

A large olive-green or brown toad, Incilius alvarius, native to parts of the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico.


ornate horned toad

ornate horned toad (plural ornate horned toads)

A large carnivorous horned toad of species Ceratophrys ornata, with sharp tooth-like projections in its very large mouth.


boiling frog

/ˈbɔɪlɪŋ ˌfɹɒɡ/

/ˈbɔɪlɪŋ ˌfɹɑɡ/

From a widespread misconception describing a frog slowly being boiled alive. The premise is that if a frog is placed in boiling water, it will jump out, but if it is placed in cold water that is slowly heated, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death.

Environmental pollution and the overconsumption of nonreplenishable resources is the boiling frog syndrome of the 21st century.

You can guess what the politicians said back then, too. "Don't worry," I'll bet they claimed, "tax rates will never rise!" It's the Boiling Frog Syndrome all over again.

2005, Ric Edelman, “The Greatest Discovery of the 20th Century”, in The Truth about Money, 3rd edition, Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale, Inc., →ISBN, part I (Introduction to Financial Planning), page 26:

The greatest challenge to an accurate current self-image (that is, seeing yourself as others see you and in a way consistent with your other internal states, beliefs, emotions, and so forth) is the boiling frog syndrome. Several factors contribute to this syndrome. First, people around you may not let you see a change. They may not give you feedback or information about how they see it. Also, they may be victims of the boiling frog syndrome themselves, adjusting their perception daily.

2009, Richard Boyatzis, “How and Why Individuals are Able to Develop Emotional Intelligence”, in Cary Cherniss, Daniel Goleman, editors, The Emotionally Intelligent Workplace: How to Select for, Measure, and Improve Emptional Intelligence in Individuals, Groups, and Organizations (The Jossey-Bass Business & Management Series), San Francisco, Calif.: Jossey-Bass, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 244:

The boiling frog syndrome portrays how people react to change. Dramatic sudden changes instigate resistance and even anger in many individuals. Conversely, people do well at adjusting to slow change that occurs over a long period of time.

2010, Anne [Elizabeth] Makzulak, “Green Biotechnology”, in Sustainability: Building Eco-friendly Communities (Green Technology), New York, N.Y.: Facts On File, Infobase Publishing, →ISBN, page 39:

DotCloud was a "boiling frog." That's how [Solomon] Hykes and early investor Peter Fenton of Benchmark now describe dotCloud as it struggled in 2012. Put a frog in water and gradually heat it, the folk legend goes, and the frog won't notice that it's being cooked until it's too late.

2015 July 1, Alex Konrad, “Meet Docker’s Solomon Hykes, the Godfather of Software’s Container Craze”, in Forbes, archived from the original on 2015-07-02:

Look at Facebook: Every company moved their brand presence to Facebook, sending out messages for their customers to receive. Now, you have to pay to send out your messages to people who chose to follow you. [You’ve become] a boiling frog.

2016 May 4, Shaun Prescott, quoting Tim Sweeney, “Tim Sweeney Renews Attack on Microsoft’s UWP [Universal Windows Platform]”, in PC Gamer, archived from the original on 2016-05-06:

The World Health Organisation’s latest data on air pollution proves there are more boiling frogs in India than anywhere else. People in 14 Indian cities are breathing the world’s most toxic air. Yet, like the metaphorical frogs who boil to death slowly without being aware of the danger, they are completely oblivious to the tragic fate that awaits them.

2018 May 2, Sandipan Sharma, “WHO Report on Pollution: Politicos Playing Petty Politics while People Choke, Citizens Need to Demand More”, in Firstpost, archived from the original on 2018-05-08:

Some people have described Theresa May’s approach to the hard Brexiters in her cabinet as boiling frogs: raising the temperature of the water so gradually that [David] Davis, Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and Liam Fox don’t realise they are being cooked.

2018 June 7, John Rentoul, “The David Davis resignation crisis is over for today – but this is just the start of troubles to come”, in The Independent, London, archived from the original on 2018-06-12:

Our attractiveness as a location for investment is diminished. Unfortunately the pain is a boiling frog, as we can never know the investment and growth opportunities we will forsake.

2018 August 22, Nassim Khadem, Patrick Hatch, quoting Paul Abbey, “‘Boiling frog’: Business, tax experts slam rejection of corporate cuts”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, N.S.W., archived from the original on 2018-11-03:

(idiomatic, often attributively) A person who, or thing which, is in a gradually worsening situation without any realization of the peril until it is too late.

溫水煮青蛙 /温水煮青蛙

person or thing in a gradually worsening situation without any realization of the peril


xenopid

Concerning this latter point, however, it should be recalled that the xenopid larvae are equally microphagous and yet their manicotto structure is essentially of the ranid type.

1961, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: Volume 137:

On the tails of some tadpoles the melanophores which were scattered on the surface of the body are visible, in the same way as in the tadpoles of the xenopids.

1972, Zdeněk V. Špinar, Tertiary frogs from Central Europe:

(zoology) Any of the genus Xenopus of clawed frogs.


forest green tree frog

forest green tree frog (plural forest green tree frogs)

A tropical lowland frog (Rhacophorus arboreus) whose habitat range is mostly restricted to Japan's Honshū


Chinese edible frog

Chinese edible frog (plural Chinese edible frogs)

A species of frog (Hoplobatrachus chinensis, syn. Hoplobatrachus rugulosus), found mostly in Southeast Asia.


crappo

en-adj

crappo (comparative more crappo, superlative most crappo)

more crappo (comparative)
most crappo (superlative)

From crap (“of poor quality”) + -o (colloquializing suffix).

suffix

(slang) Of very low quality; crap, lousy.


crappo

Borrowed from Guyanese Creole English crappo, from French crapaud (“toad”), from Middle French crapaud, from Old French crapaut, crapot (“frog; toad”), from Frankish *krappō, *krappa (“claw, hook”) (because of a toad’s hooked feet; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *greb-) + -aud (suffix forming diminutives or nouns having a pejorative connotation). Doublet of crapaud.

Medical attention is immediately needed if "Fido" encounters a specie of huge toad, up to eight to ten inches round, called a "crappo", and decides to take it into his mouth to play with. This toad exudes a substance from glands in its skin which will cause profuse salivation, and sometimes, if absorbed, will cause the animal to become very excited with high fever and twitching uncontrollable motions.

1982, The Settler’s Handbook: Everything You Need to Know about St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, 6th edition, Christiansted, Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands: Prestige Press, →OCLC, pages 37–38:

crapo (from the French crapaud, frog) a huge toad (Bufo marinus)

[2004, William L. Murphy, “A Trinbagonian Lexicon”, in A Birdwatchers’ Guide to Trinidad & Tobago (Birdwatchers’ Guides), Cley next the Sea, Norfolk: Prion, →ISBN, page 163:

One of the wild animals most familiar to all Trinidadians, even those with not the slightest interest in wildlife, is the crappo, that large toad which is seen so often at this time of year around houses and roads.

2007, Richard ffrench, “August”, in The Naturalist’s Year, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago: Prospect Press, →ISBN, page 96:

Little crappos would find their way into the house. I was tormented by them. When in panic I feared they, like fluttering pigeons, were liable to do anything.

2011, Rahul Bhattacharya, chapter 7, in The Sly Company of People Who Care, London: Picador, →ISBN, page 86:

This sentry type wooden cubicle was built in the yard; not far from the house. It was not a very respectful bathroom in my opinion; especially since the fat crappos (crapaud/huge toad) took up residence. How I despised them.

2011 October 27, Helena Martin, “1947 Jacklow, Pomeroon River”, in Walk Wit’ Me …: All Ova Guyana, Bloomington, Ind.: Balboa Press, Hay House, →ISBN, section 4 (Primitive Plumbing), page 19:

Crickets call out in the coming dark. Crappo answer.

2013, Gaiutra Bahadur, “Beautiful Woman Without a Nose”, in Coolie Woman: The Odyssey of Indenture, London: C[hristopher] Hurst & Co., →ISBN, Part 2 (Exploring), page 105:

(Caribbean, chiefly Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago) A toad (chiefly from the family Bufonidae).


crappo

Leiden University
National Herbarium of the Netherlands
Nicoline van der Sijs

Borrowed from Trinidadian Creole English crappo, crapaud, a modification of either Lokono carapa, kálaba, karaba, or Kari'na karapa.
Cognates
* Dutch krapboom
* Sranan Tongo krapa

Carapa or Crappo […] Carapa Guianensis, Aubl.

1888, J. H. Hart, “Appendix C. Classified List of the Wood-producing Trees of Trinidad”, in Annual Report on the Royal Botanic Gardens, and Their Work for 1887 (Council Paper; no. 32), [Port of Spain], Trinidad: [Government of Trinidad], →OCLC, page 34:

Crappo, or carapa (Carapa guianensis), 40 to 60 feet high and 1½ to 3 feet in diameter, grows plentifully in mixed forests. The reddish wood weighs 42 pounds per cubic foot, and is durable and easily worked.

1916, Roger E. Simmons, “Trinidad. Chapter I.—General Description and Forest Resources.”, in Lumber Markets of the West and North Coasts of South America (Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce, Special Agents Series; no. 117), Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 133:

Besides Cedar, there are only five kinds of timber that are sufficiently plentiful to allow of their export viz.: Crappo or Crabwood (Carapa guianensis), Mora (Dimorphandra Mora), Olivier (Chuncoa obovata) Guatacre or Watercaire (Lecythis laevifolia) and Fustic (Macura Xanthoxylon). Crappo or Crabwood somewhat resembing Mahogany—a useful furniture wood—and Fustic—a dyewood—are fairly well known.

1921, “Section 22. Production and Natural Resources.”, in Trinidad and Tobago. Blue Book: 1920, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago: […] Government Printing Office, →OCLC, subsection 2 (Forestry), page 508:

With the Forest Reserves there are now more than 1,500 acres of plantations (including experimental plots) of which the principal indigenous species are:— […] crappo (Carapa guianensis, Aubl.), […] ten acres were regenerated with crappo under contracts at the Central Range Reserve Plantations, whilst ten acres in the Southern Watershed Reserve were partly planted with teak and partly with indigenous species.

1930, “Production”, in Trinidad and Tobago. Annual General Report for the Year 1929 (Colonial Reports—Annual; no. 1505), London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office; Port of Spain, Trinidad: […] Government Printer, Government Printing Office, →OCLC, paragraphs 24–25, page 15:

The commonest large trees in the Bois Mulatre-Carat forest areas are crappo Carapa guianensis and wild chataigne Pachira insignis, with guatecare Eschweilera subglandulosa in third place among acurel Trichilia oblanceolata, rosemacho Crudia glaberrima and redwood Gaurea guara.

1982, “Trinidad & Tobago”, in IUCN Directory of Neotropical Protected Areas, Dublin: [F]or IUCN by Tycooly International Publishing, →ISBN, page 337:

[C]edar, crappo, olivier and mora dominate the harvest from state forests.

2000, Julian Kenny, “Plants”, in Views from the Ridge: Exploring the Natural History of Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago: Prospect Press, →ISBN, page 25, column 1:

Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla G. King and S. mahagoni Jacq.), the American cedar (Cedrela odorata L. (= C. mexicana Roem.)) and crappo (Carapa guianensis Aubl.) are forest trees of commercial value in the Caribbean region.

2020, E. E. Sosa, F. Blanco, J[oop] C. van enteren, “Biological Control in Belize”, in Joop C. van Lenteren, Vanda H. P. Bueno, M. Gabriela Luna, Yelitza C. Colmenarez, editors, Biological Control in Latin America and the Caribbean: Its Rich History and Bright Future (CABI Invasives Series; 12), Wallingford, Oxfordshire, Boston, Mass.: CABI, →ISBN, page 59:

(Trinidad and Tobago) The andiroba or crabwood tree (Carapa guianensis).


toadskin

It was as though she wore a mask made from toadskins. Her clothes were crocodile skin the color of old tobacco, and she carried a staff of twisted driftwood.

The Chinese use a preparation derived from toadskins, which they call senso, as a remedy for several sicknesses.

the skin of a toad, or leather made therefrom


frogskin

en-noun

frogskin (countable and uncountable, plural frogskins)

You can buy the individual parts for a few frogskins, or the whole setup for fifty.

Give a few frogskins to charity.

(US, slang) A greenback, a United States dollar.


toadish

en-adj

toadish (comparative more toadish, superlative most toadish)

more toadish (comparative)
most toadish (superlative)

revel in a toadish insensibility

The only human occupant of the back seat was a toadish little creature. He held out a severely mangled hand, with clawed, yellowish nails.

2012, Andrew Vachss, Blackjack: A Cross Novel:


arciferal

(biology, of frogs) Having the epicoracoid cartilages fused anteriorly, but separate and overlapping posteriorly.

arcífero

having the epicoracoid cartilages fused anteriorly, but separate and overlapping posteriorly


firmisternal

(biology, of frogs) Having the epicoracoid cartilages fused both anteriorly and posteriorly.


scaphiophrynine

(zoology) Any of the frogs in the microhylid subfamily Scaphiophryninae.


microhylid

(zoology) Any of the frog family Microhylidae.


podder

Brrrtr had even sent Hrrryr, a podder. They had been born in the same pod.

2007, Samuel Blankson, The Kolumbas Affair, page 195:

'It's the essential meat gunk that is supplied to the still-living podders,' she explained.

2010, Robertski Brothers, The McAtrix Derided:

Paul says he started out as a Podder. He tried to do development deals with the Inner and Outer Systems, and he only became a renegade when he was betrayed by both.'

2013, Charles Sheffield, Proteus Unbound:

(science fiction) One who was born in or lives in a pod.


podder

en-noun

podder (countable and uncountable, plural podders)

If Ah'd only got some podder, Ah can mek Fourt' of July raght here.

1894 July 5, “Fourth of July at Highfield Poorhouse”, in Youth's Companion, volume 67, page 307:

Thursday the Therd Day: I Kept Laising aBought all Day for I was very Laisay only I made a Stople to a podder Horn : and So on:

1966, Bulletin of the Fort Ticonderoga Museum - Volume 12, page 281:

And when I remarked I couldn't provide 'em with no meat since I was out of podder for my rifle, Micajah--or Big Harpe as some calls him-- he smiled, sorta chuckled, and lent over the table, and said, 'No man oughta be without podder,' — or something like that and then poured out of his own horn.

2005, Kenneth Tucker, A Wilderness of Tigers, page 5:

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling


podder

It sounds like treacle,' said Abe, with a puzzled look; but I don't see what the podder's got to do with it, anyhow; and the young woman's got no business to be wasting her time waiting for the milk to set.

1898, The Literary World - Volume 57, page 70:

Now and then toads would appear, and the shout " There's a podder!" would come from some child or other during an acute moving crisis.

1930, Mother Cecile in South Africa, 1883-1906: Foundress of the Community of the Resurrection of Our Lord, page 37:

Speaking of toads—after a rainfall in South African country places, the roads would be hopping with great, fat, ugly, croaking toads (known to us kids as 'podders').

2006, F. M. K. Ridgway, Our Wandering Years, page 227:


batrachophagous

/bəˈtɹækəˌfeɪɡəs/

/ˌbætɹəˈkɒfəɡəs/

From Ancient Greek βάτραχος (bátrakhos, “frog”) + -phagous.

der

[…] the frogs had their full share in the general calamity. The convention of Cintra delivered the remnant of the race from their batrachophagous oppressors […]


spring peeper

Because it peeps (makes a sound) in the spring (the season).

It was May before the skunk cabbage began to push up through the ooze of the swamps, before the rhubarb reddened to the back corner of the garden and the spring peepers finally emerged and began abrading the edges of the night with their lovesick vibrato.

1993, TC Boyle, The Road to Wellville, Penguin, published 1994, page 297:

A small chorus frog of North America (Pseudacris crucifer).


bo-peep

en-noun

bo-peep (countable and uncountable, plural bo-peeps)

Well, come on, boys. You've got to push off now. I'm going to read me linen and then get some Bo-Peep.

1976, Ron Barnes, Coronation Cups and Jam Jars, page 164:

Cockney rhyming slang
Cockney rhyming slang

(uncountable, Cockney rhyming slang) Sleep.


frogly

en-adj

frogly (comparative more frogly, superlative most frogly)

more frogly (comparative)
most frogly (superlative)

1877, "The Centennial Frog", The Centennial Frog, and Other Stories, publ. by Clazton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, page 14.
Lieutenant Frog's rich frogly voice / Husky grew with his great theme;

[…] and when at last they arrive at frogly maturity, they escape into the world through the mouth of their father.

1901, Grant Allen, In nature's workshop:

Yet as some of the verses show, Aristophanes knew a good deal of actual frogly habits.

1945, American Nature Association, Nature magazine:

On those sacred nights you can rise in frogly glory to confront the villains who are poisoning my subjects.

Of, relating to, or pertaining to frogs; froglike.


frogly

Toadly awesome!" "Not toadly," said Michael, laughing. "Gorfman's a frog." "It's frogly awesome," said Charu.

2009, Gail Donovan, In Memory of Gorfman T. Frog:

(humorous, nonce word) In a frog-like manner.


toadly

toadly (comparative more toadly, superlative most toadly)

more toadly (comparative)
most toadly (superlative)

From a corruption of towardly (“comely, nice, pleasant, queem”).

(UK dialectal) Quiet; gentle; docile; easily managed; kindly; well-contented.


edible frog

A member of a hybrid species of frog, Pelophylax kl. esculentus, a hybrid of the pool frog (Pelophylax lessonae) and the Central Asian marsh frog (Pelophylax ridibundus).


coaxation

en-noun

coaxation (countable and uncountable, plural coaxations)

From Ancient Greek κοάξ (koáx, “the noise of frogs”).

der

The importunate, harsh, and disharmonious coaxations of frogs.


terraranan

(zoology) Any frog of the genus Pristimantis.


amphignathodontid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Amphignathodontidae.


arthroleptid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Arthroleptidae.


ascaphid

(zoology) Any of the tailed frogs in the family Ascaphidae


bombinatorid

(zoology) Any toad of the family Bombinatoridae.


brachycephalid

(zoology) Any of the toads or frogs in the family Brachycephalidae.


brevicipitid

(zoology) Any frog of the family Brevicipitidae.


bufonid

(zoology) Any toad in the family Bufonidae.


centrolenid

(zoology) Any glass frog in the family Centrolenidae.


ceratobatrachid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae.


ceratophryid

(zoology) Any horned frog in the family Ceratophryidae.


discoglossid

(zoology) Any frog or toad in the family Discoglossidae, a synonym of the Alytidae.


eleutherodactylid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Eleutherodactylidae.


heleophrynid

(zoology) Any ghost frog in the family Heleophrynidae.


hemiphractid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Hemiphractidae.


hemisotid

(zoology) Any shovelnose frog in the family Hemisotidae.


hylid

(zoology) Any member of the family Hylidae of frogs, including tree frogs.


hyperoliid

Borrowed from translingual Hyperoliidae.

Any in the family Hyperoliidae of frogs.


leiopelmatid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Leiopelmatidae.


leptodactylid

(zoology) Any frog of the family Leptodactylidae


limnodynastid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Limnodynastidae.


mantellid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Mantellidae.


megophryid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Megophryidae.


myobatrachid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Myobatrachidae.


pelobatid

(zoology) Any member of the family Pelobatidae of spadefoot toads.


pelodytid

(zoology) Any member of the family Pelodytidae of parsley frogs.


petropedetid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Petropedetidae.


pipid

(zoology) Any member of the family Pipidae, the tongueless frogs.


rhacophorid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Rhacophoridae.


rhinodermatid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Rhinodermatidae.


rhinophrynid

(zoology) Any toad in the family Rhinophrynidae.


scaphiopodid

(zoology) Any in the family Scaphiopodidae of toads.


sooglossid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Sooglossidae.


physalaemin

(biochemistry) A tachykinin peptide obtained from the Physalaemus frog.


toadling

After the young ones have acquired their perfect shape, they appear to leave the water, and frequently the roads and paths are so covered with minute but well-formed toadlings, that it is impossible to put your foot down without crushing some [...]

1878, Charles St. John, Sketches of the wild sports & natural history of the Highlands:

A glob of pea green toadling spit splattered against my upraised arm, burning like holy hell.


midwife toad

Refers to the males' behaviour of carrying fertilised eggs on their backs.

Fossils suggest that midwife toads were once widespread on Majorca and Menorca, but disappeared from lowlands of the former and entirely from the latter island several thousand years ago and coincident with the fossil appearance of the snake Natrix maura and the large frog Rana perezi.

1996, Trevor Beebee, Ecology and Conservation of Amphibians, page 168:

A key preserved male specimen of the midwife toad was eventually shown to have been injected with India ink in the region of the normally pigmented nuptial pad.

1997, John T. Burns, Cosmic Influences on Humans, Animals, and Plants: An Annotated Bibliography, page 195:

The midwife toad is a slow-moving, terrestrial amphibian represented by four species of the genus Alytes (family Discoglossidae). The best-known species is A. obstetricans.

2011, John P. Rafferty, editor, Reptiles and Amphibians, page 218:

Any species of the genus Alytes, the males of which carry fertilised eggs on their backs.


xenavidin

(biochemistry) An avidin found in frogs of the genus Xenopus


obstetrical toad

en-noun

obstetrical toad (plural obstetrical toads)

A European toad of the genus Alytes, especially Alytes obstetricans, the eggs of which are laid and then carried by the male, entwined around his legs and back.


pobblebonk

Onomatopoeic, after the frog's distinctive call.

Perhaps the most distinctive call in the Calosoma chorus is that of the local Pobblebonk (Limnodynastes dumerili).

1978, Barry P. Moore, Life on Forty Acres: Some Experiences of a Naturalist Living in the Australian Bush, Classey, page 113:

The Cane Toad can be confused with some native frogs including water-holding frogs (Cyclorana species), barred frogs (Mixophyes species) and burrowing species of Limnodynastes, especially the Banjo Frog (or Pobblebonk), Limnodynastes dumerili.

2011, Simon Watharow, Living with Snakes and Other Reptiles, CSIRO Publishing, page 112:

In a good breeding year pobblebonks can be so loud you have to shout above them if you have anything to say[…].

2013, Nick Romanowski, Living Waters, CSIRO Publishing, page 65:

Any of various Australian frogs of the genus Limnodynastes.


mink frog

Because of its strong scent, supposed to resemble that of a mink.

Lithobates septentrionalis, a small frog native to the United States and Canada.


fire-bellied toad

fire-bellied toad (plural fire-bellied toads)

From the bright red- or yellow-and-black patterns on the toads' ventral regions.


shad frog

So called because it usually appears at the time when the shad begin to run in the rivers.

Lithobates pipiens
Lithobates pipiens#Translingual

An American spotted frog (Lithobates pipiens and Lithobates sphenocephalus).


porriwiggle

She went into a peal of laughter. ‘Oh, what is it? Porriwiggle?’ ¶ He grinned. ‘It's what we call a tadpole.’

1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 6, in The Unknown Ajax:


common frog

Rana temporaria
Rana temporaria#Translingual


frogness

Rather than empathy with what I might imagine a snake or frog might feel, I was sufficiently absorbed in snakeness and frogness as to wonder how the humans around me might feel.

1988, Stanislav Grof, The Adventure of Self-Discovery, page 58:

I am obligated to explain frogness at this point, but I will let it go for now, lest we be led into a discussion regarding instinct and into speculations on nature you might have felt lurking in the original question the minute you saw it.

1998, Sondra Horton Fraleigh, Penelope Hanstein, Researching Dance: Evolving Modes of Inquiry, page 198:

Just as in Roux's case, it takes work to learn to use a frog, and more work still to strip it of its frogness and transform it into a standard organism that works the same as all other species.

the state, quality, or condition of a frog.


poison arrow frog

poison arrow frog (plural poison arrow frogs)


pebble toad

Oreophrynella nigra, a South American toad that can fold up its limbs and roll down a slope when threatened.


Dutch nightingale

Dutch nightingale (plural Dutch nightingales)

Dutch (“imitation, poor substitute”) + nightingale.


Titicaca water frog

Titicaca water frog (plural Titicaca water frogs)

Telmatobius culeus, a large frog found around Lake Titicaca in South America.


European toad

A common European toad, of the species Bufo bufo.


chorus frog

Any of the frogs of the genus Pseudacris, which produce a repeated rasping trill.


frogsicle

When spring comes, the frogsicle defrosts and shivers back to life.

1997, James Martin, Frogs, Crown Publishers, →ISBN, page 22:

Some frogs can become frogsicles and still live! The North American wood frog can withstand brutal winters.

2005, Aimee H. Bakken, What's Inside a Frog, Tangerine Press/Scholastic, →ISBN:

The Canadian wood frog turns into a frozen frogsicle every winter […]

2008, William Hanson, The Edge of Medicine: The Technology That Will Change Our Lives, Palgrave Macmillan, published 2009, →ISBN, page 182:

(informal, humorous) A cold or frozen frog.


pinkletink

(New England) Pseudacris crucifer, the spring peeper.


Atlantic Coast leopard frog

Atlantic Coast leopard frog (plural Atlantic Coast leopard frogs)

A true frog of the species Rana kauffeldi, native to the lower Delaware River valley, northern New Jersey, and southeastern New York.


corroboree frog

corroboree frog (plural corroboree frogs)

A small, ground-dwelling frog: Pseudophryne corroboree (southern corroboree frog) or Pseudophryne pengilleyi (northern corroboree frog), native to Southern Tablelands of Australia.


cophyline

(zoology) Any member of the Cophylinae, a subfamily of microhylid frogs.


dicroglossid

(batrachology, zoology) Any member of the Dicroglossidae, a family of frogs.


mountain chicken

mountain chicken (plural mountain chickens)

Compound of mountain + chicken. So called because it is a local delicacy, supposed to taste like chicken.

Leptodactylus fallax, a large edible frog native to Dominica and Montserrat.


black toad

Anaxyrus exsul, a black-skinned toad with white and tan speckles, found only in parts of Inyo County, California, United States.


archaeobatrachian

We selected 12 genes for 144 neobatrachian genera and four archaeobatrachian outgroups and performed a phylogenetic analysis using a maximum likelihood algorithm with the rapid bootstrap test.

2015 December 1, “The Gondwana Breakup and the History of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans Unveils Two New Clades for Early Neobatrachian Diversification”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

Any primitive frog or toad of the suborder Archaeobatrachia.


discoglossidean

(zoology) Any of the family Discoglossidae of primitive frogs.


neobatrachian

Any frog or toad of the suborder Neobatrachia.


rain frog

(US) A tree frog, especially, a spring peeper.

common rain frog

Breviceps acutirostris or Breviceps adspersus


Pacman frog

The frog's round body and large mouth are reminiscent of the video game character Pac-Man.

(informal) Any frog of the genus Ceratophrys.


tree toad

And I listened for a voice;— / But my heart was all I heard; / Not a screech-owl, not a loon, / Not a tree-toad said a word.

1921, Edna St. Vincent Millay, “The Blue-Flag in the Bog”, in Second April:

Any of the arboreal toads in the genus Pedostibes.


hairy frog

A species of frog, Trichobatrachus robustus, found in Central Africa, that has dermal papillae on the skin


Gaboon forest frog

Gaboon forest frog (plural Gaboon forest frogs)

For example, although the reproductive biology of Gaboon forest frogs is poorly known, this species is commonly associated with slowly moving streams in which it is assumed to breed.

2017, D. M. Portik et al., “Evaluating mechanisms of diversification in a Guineo‐Congolian tropical forest frog […] ”, in Molecular Ecology, volume 26, number 19, →ISSN:

A species of frog, Scotobleps gabonicus, found in West Africa.


Asian common toad

Asian common toad (plural Asian common toads)

The Asian common toad has invaded so far into the islands of Wallacea in Indonesia that biologists fear they will soon threaten the rare Komodo dragon.

2018 February 24, Jonathan Watts, The Guardian:

A toad of species Duttaphrynus melanostictus, widespread throughout South and Southeast Asia.


crab-eating frog

crab-eating frog (plural crab-eating frogs)

Lo, the crab-eating frog, which lives in mangrove swamps and marshes, and is the only known modern amphibian which can tolerate salty water.

2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 15:

A species of frog, Fejervarya cancrivora, native to southeast Asia.


dendrobatoid

Any frog of the superfamily Dendrobatoidea


asterophryine

Any of the subfamily Asterophryinae of microhylid frogs.


Colorado River toad

Colorado River toad (plural Colorado River toads)

Sonoran Desert toad
Sonoran Desert toad#English


wood frog

The frog species Lithobates sylvaticus, native to North American woodland.


Surinam toad

Pipa pipa, a South American frog in the family Pipidae.


ceratophryine

Any horned frog of the subfamily Ceratophryinae


phyllomedusine

Any [of the subfamily Phyllomedusinae of tree frogs.


bloody noun

From "blood 'n' 'oun's", from "blood and wounds". Several sources, including Harrison Garman's 1892 A Synopsis of the Reptiles and Amphibians of Illinois, say the frog is so called because "its peculiar bass notes […] have a fancied resemblance to the expression" blood and wounds and other similar-sounding and similarly imposing phrases like "be drowned".

"Ye little spalpeeny frog of a bog-throtting son of a bloody noun!"

1850, Edgar Allan Poe, Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling:

The big fellow was not there, but a keen-eyed little bull-frog had taken his place and he seemed to comprehend the situation at a glance. For he set up the croak, Bloody nouns, played out! played out!! PLAYED OUT!!!

1868, F. O. S., of Shreveport, Louisiana, quoted in The Land We Love: A Monthly Magazine; V. 1-6; May 1866-Mar. 1869, page 165

"Bloody nouns are the big ones." […] A name given by boys in Philadelphia to large bullfrogs.

1898, Henry George, The Science of Political Economy, book 2, page 62, quoting a Philadelphia boy

(US dialects, now rare) The bullfrog, or the sound made by it.


mist frog

Any of several species of the genus Litoria of Australian tree frogs, but especially of the species Litoria rheocola.


horned toad

A South American frog of the genus Ceratophrys


australobatrachian

Any frog of the suborder Australobatrachia


dyscophine

Any tomato frog of the subfamily Dyscophinae


tomato frog

An orange to red frog of the genus Dyscophus.


palaeobatrachid

In habits and body shape, the palaeobatrachids resembled the grotesque clawed frogs of Africa and the Surinam toads of South America, and like them seem to have lived their entire lives underwater […].

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 42:

Any extinct frog of the family †Palaeobatrachidae


rush toad

From rush + toad, in allusion to the plant called a rush.


shrinking frog

So called because it is larger as a tadpole than as an adult frog.


goldenback

Any of a group of large woodpeckers that are resident breeders in tropical southern Asia.


anurofauna

anurofauna (plural anurofaunae or anurofaunas)

anurofaunae (plural)
anurofaunas (plural)


midwife frog

Any of various frogs of the genus Alexteroon.


golden toad

A toad of recently extinct species †Incilius periglenes, of the cloud forests of Costa Rica.


tusked frog

A frog of species Adelotus brevis, of central eastern Australia, having two tusk-like projections on the lower jaw.


pickerel frog

A frog of the eastern US and neighboring parts of Canada, Lithobates pipiens.


green frog

Beginning around 34 million years ago, the green frogs (Ranidae) arrived, perhaps from Asia or Africa.

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 60:

Any frog of the family Ranidae; a true frog or ranid.


frogess

Do Frogs like children? I am not terribly convinced they do. Before I get pelted with tomatoes by indignant Frogesses, could I simply ask you to draw your own conclusion from the large number of abusive terms used to describe children? Our “brats” is nothing compared with the variety of French names that have the same meaning but are too often used instead of “kids.”

1986, Genevière Edis, ““Le Français méprise la jeunesse””, in Merde Encore!: More of the Real French You Were Never Taught at School, New York, N.Y.: Fireside Books, published 1998, →ISBN, chapter X, “Allons enfants”, page 82:

— I go on. To Dover and then take ship for France. / — God help us, you are indeed up. That sounds like state business. / — War on the papists. / — For God’s sake leave at least the English papishes alone, they have suffered enough. There is enough trouble here with the frogs and frogesses. The little froglings would grow up into proper Kent citizens if they were permitted to speak our tongue.

1993, Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford, part one, London: Hutchinson, →ISBN, page 37:

‘What would it involve?’ / ‘Living off the fat of the land in my room at the château. Local wine with meals twice a day. Unlimited. Lunch and dine with the director, an old army chap called Bagnolet, who’s got an English wife, Lucy. And the students of course.’ / ‘But the work?’ / ‘Nothing to it. Conversation in English all day with frogesses from the very best families. It’s a finishing school for girls – and you’re not to touch them.’

2007, Oliver Stanley, Hotel Victoire, Sussex, England: Book Guild Publishing, →ISBN, page 139:

(rare, offensive) A female frog (French person).


Australian green tree frog

Australian green tree frog (plural Australian green tree frogs)

Any of species Ranoidea caerulea (syn. Litoria caerulea) of docile tree frogs common in Australia, often found near or even inside houses.


fen nightingale

fen nightingale (plural fen nightingales)

Tom Spence is a dom fule and doesn't know a fen nightingale from a natterjack.

1934, Neil Bell, Bredon and Sons, page 15:


green tree frog

green tree frog (plural green tree frogs)

(Australia) A species of pelodryadine hylid frog, Ranoidea caerulea, of Australia and New Guinea.


banjo frog

From banjo + frog. From their call, which sounds like a banjo string being plucked.

Any of various Australian frogs of the genus Limnodynastes, including the pobblebonk.


Archey's frog

A small frog, Leiopelma archeyi, endemic to New Zealand


blue frog

(Australian green tree frog): So called because of damaged specimens that appeared blue.

The blue poison dart frog (Dentrobates tinctorius "azureus").


White's tree frog

White's tree frog (plural White's tree frogs)

In honour of surgeon John White's first description in 1790.

Australian green tree frog
Australian green tree frog

An Australian green tree frog (Ranoidea caerulea).


remote froglet

A small myobatrachid frog, Crinia remota, of Australia and New Guinea.


marbled frog

A species of limnodynastid frog, Limnodynastes convexiusculus, of northern Australia and southern New Guinea, having mottled coloration that resembles marble.


flood plain toadlet

flood plain toadlet (plural flood plain toadlets)

A myobatrachid frog, Uperoleia inundata, endemic to central northern Australia.


Myers' poison frog

Myers' poison frog (plural Myers' poison frogs)


Gardiner's Seychelles frog

Gardiner's Seychelles frog (plural Gardiner's Seychelles frogs)

Sechellophryne gardineri, a species of frog endemic to Seychelles.


temple tree frog

temple tree frog (plural temple tree frogs)

Kurixalus idiootocus, a small species of frog.


New Jersey chorus frog

New Jersey chorus frog (plural New Jersey chorus frogs)

Pseudacris kalmi, a species of frog found in New Jersey.


Apennine yellow-bellied toad

Apennine yellow-bellied toad (plural Apennine yellow-bellied toads)

Bombina pachypus, a species of toad found in Italy.


spotted chirping frog

spotted chirping frog (plural spotted chirping frogs)

A small frog, of species Eleutherodactylus guttilatus.


Almirante Trail toad

Almirante Trail toad (plural Almirante Trail toads)

A toad of species Incilius peripatetes, of Panama.


green big-eyed tree frog

green big-eyed tree frog (plural green big-eyed tree frogs)

Nyctimystes humeralis, a species of New Guinean frog.


ratcheting toadlet

ratcheting toadlet (plural ratcheting toadlets)

Uperoleia stridera, a small species of Australian frog.


pipimorph

(zoology) Any of the frogs of the clade Pipimorpha.


African painted frog

African painted frog (plural African painted frogs)

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo

Callixalus pictus, a species of frog found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda.


snouted frog

Any small frog in the genus Mertensophryne.


giant banjo frog

giant banjo frog (plural giant banjo frogs)

Limnodynastes interioris, a species of frog native to Australia.


Tonkin toad

Bufo pageoti, a species of true toad found in parts of China, Vietnam, and Myanmar.


archipelago big-eyed treefrog

archipelago big-eyed treefrog (plural archipelago big-eyed treefrogs)

Nyctimystes perimetri, a species of Papua New Guinean tree frog.


Peters' platanna

Peter's platanna (plural Peters' platannas)

Peter's platanna (canonical)
Peters' platannas (plural)

Xenopus petersii, a species of central African frog.


arum frog

From arum lily (From its behavior of commonly inhabiting the plant) + frog.

com

Hyperolius horstockii, a species of yellow sedge frog commonly found inside the petals of arum lilies.


southern banjo frog

en-noun

southern banjo frog (plural southern banjo frogs)

Limnodynastes dumerilii, a species of banjo frog.


eastern banjo frog

eastern banjo frog (plural eastern banjo frogs)

southern banjo frog
southern banjo frog#English


Cambondo screeching frog

Cambondo screeching frog (plural Cambondo or screeching frog)

Cambondo (plural)
screeching frog (plural)

Arthroleptis carquejai, a species of screeching frog.


Urungu toad

A true toad of species Sclerophrys urunguensis, of Tanzania and Zambia.


Budgett's frog

Lepidobatrachus laevis, a species of frog often kept as a pet for its comical appearance.


big-eyed tree frog

big-eyed tree frog (plural big-eyed tree frogs)

Ranoidea exophthalmia, a species of Australian treefrog.


phrog

(slang, criminology) A person who secretly lives in another’s home without authorization.


quilkin

And make me eat quilkins and pagetepooes, / And woorship the Devel, and wear 'oaden shoes!

1846, Jan Treenoodle, Specimens of Cornish provincial dialect (page 35)

(UK, obsolete, Cornwall) A frog or toad.


Indus Valley bullfrog

Indus Valley bullfrog (plural Indus Valley bullfrogs)

Any member of species Hoplobatrachus tigerinus of large frogs, found in Pakistan and India.


alytid

More venerable, and more distinctly European than any other creatures, the alytids are living fossils that should be considered nature's nobility.

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 36:

A primitive frog of the family Alytidae.


Hula painted frog

Hula painted frog (plural Hula painted frogs)

Named after Lake Hula in the Hula Valley, Israel.

The Hula painted frog is the ultimate Lazarus taxon: thought extinct for a million years, it was discovered clinging to life in a swamp on Europe's periphery.

A species of painted frog, Latonia nigriventer.


strange-horned toad

strange-horned toad (plural strange-horned toads)

From strange + horned + toad, from their horn, which is uncommon in toad species.

Any species of toad in the genus Xenophrys, which have a strange protuberance on their forehead.


hip pocket frog

hip pocket frog (plural hip pocket frogs)

The frogs are commonly referred to as pouched or hip pocket frogs, or sometimes the marsupial frog. […] “The hip pocket frog is not only unique for its amazing breeding biology among Australian frogs, but it is also unique among frogs of the world,” said the University of Newcastle’s Michael Mahony, one of the researchers who discovered the frog.

2021 November 7, Lisa Cox, “New species of rare tadpole-carrying frog discovered in northern NSW”, in The Guardian:

Either of two species of frog, Assa darlingtoni and Assa wollumbin, endemic to eastern Australia, notable in that the males have subcutaneous pouches on their hips in which they carry their tadpoles until they metamorphosize.


waterfrog

Compound of water + frog. Compare German Wasserfrosch, Danish vandfrø.

(zoology) Any type of frog that lives primarily in an aquatic environment.


true toad

Any in the family Bufonidae of amphibians.


obstetric toad

His greatest triumphs involved manipulating the love life of the ‘obstetric toad’ (the common midwife toad).

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 39:


bombinator toad

bombinator toad (plural bombinator toads)

In a separate experiment, Dr Hans Spemann forced the bombinator (firebelly) toad to grow eye lenses on the back of its head - a remarkable feat[.]


crucifix toad

Notaden bennettii, a fossorial frog with a dark cross-like mark on its back.


holy cross frog

holy cross frog (plural holy cross frogs)


Fowler's toad

The North American toad Anaxyrus fowleri.


Mission golden-eyed treefrog

Mission golden-eyed treefrog (plural Mission golden-eyed treefrogs)

Amazon milk frog
Amazon milk frog#English


African bullfrog

African bullfrog (plural African bullfrogs)

Pyxicephalus adspersus, a species of frog that lives in central and southern Africa.


Indian bullfrog

Indian bullfrog (plural Indian bullfrogs)

Indus Valley bullfrog
Indus Valley bullfrog#English


Vietnamese mossy frog

Vietnamese mossy frog (plural Vietnamese mossy frogs)

Theloderma corticale, a species of frog native to Southeast Asia.


arrow-poison frog

arrow-poison frog (plural arrow-poison frogs)


giant tree frog

giant tree frog (plural giant tree frogs)

white-lipped tree frog
white-lipped tree frog

The white-lipped tree frog, Nyctimystes infrafrenatus


gray treefrog

A species of frog, Dryophytes versicolor


Pacific tree frog

Pacific tree frog (plural Pacific tree frogs)


Mississippi gopher frog

Mississippi gopher frog (plural Mississippi gopher frogs)

Lithobates sevosus, an endangered ranid frog endemic to the southern United States.


Amargosa toad

desc

அமர்கோசா தேரை

→ Tamil: அமர்கோசா தேரை (amarkōcā tērai) (calque)

→ Uzbek: Amargosa qurbaqasi (calque)

From Amargosa + toad, named after Amargosa Valley, Nevada, where the toad is found.

critically endangered
critically endangered#English

Anaxyrus nelsoni, a species of critically endangered toad endemic to Nevada, which receives much aid from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.


toadpole

Toadpole Toad after metamorphosis 40g

1963, Hermann Stieve, Zeitschrift für mikroskopisch-anatomische Forschung, volume 70, Academische Verslagsgesellschaft Geest & Portig K.-G., page 149:

secondly, in many hormone-target organ interactions including the effect of estrogen on rat uterus, growth hormone and hydrocortisone on rat liver and thyroid hormone on toadpole liver, newly formed microsomes have been isolated which have increased protein synthesizing ability (Tata, 1968).

1970, Harvey W. Mohrenweiser, Role of Hormones in Controlling Ribonucleic Acid Synthesis During Lactogenesis, Michigan State University. Departments of Biochemistry and Dairy, page 36:

Ah, if only I could swim as well as that! Like a fish . . . or anyway, a toadpole.”)

1984, Phil Murphy, Summer Island, Oberon Press, →ISBN, page 113:

Her stomach was swollen, and she was only a bag of bones, with a large head like a toadpole in the Oitino stream.

1989, Okot p'Bitek, “Section 3”, in White Teeth, reprint edition, Heinemann Kenya, →ISBN, page 29:

I call them the toadpole and the frogpole. Now the only way to distinguish between the two is that the toadpole tends to turn into a toad, whereas the frogpole will tend to turn into a frog.

2003 November 19, Peter Cook, “The Tadpole Expert”, in William W. Cook, editor, Tragically I Was an Only Twin: The Complete Peter Cook, illustrated, reprint edition, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 63:

VINNY. Yo, Mrs. B., I just made the incision on the toadpole! Were you watchin'?

2006, Charlie Shanian, Shari Simpson, Maybe Baby, It's You, Dramatic Publishing, →ISBN, page 20:

toadfrog left bog whole log shagooon 'gooon toadpole go on happening go on frogging toard toadfrog Happening tail gone tale told tailless gate eggs mate

2011 July 11, Anil, “Sounds Alike Fun”, in HOW TO DOUBLE THE MEANING OF LIFE, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 156:

Females then stay in the pond just long enough to lay their eggs. Each female can lay up to 8,000 eggs. The eggs hatch after 10-20 days into toadpoles, which are black and gregarious; they then metamorphose and leave the pond when only just over 1cm long.

2018 July 5, Adrian Thomas, “Gardening for Reptiles and Amphibians”, in RSPB Gardening for Wildlife: New edition, 2, illustrated edition, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 101:

[…] leaving all consistency of aside, I fancied myself a crab, an octopus in an octopus hole, the young octopuses in a consortium of of octopuses; I found myself playing toadpole in the bubbles of the sludge; but the worst part arose when I reached the immutable point of being absent from myself; my gaze would then settle upon nothing, it captured solely the luminous halo of the things around me; I began to sniff, to grunt, and to lend my ear toward my surroundings; […]

2022 October 18, Patrick Chamoiseau, edited by Valérie Loichot, Crusoe’s Footprint, University of Virginia Press, →ISBN:

A young toad in its larval stage of development that lives in water, has a tail and no legs, and, like a fish, breathes through gills.


toadess

Taking a hoe this morning, (could find no spade but the ace,) I exhumed a toadess, perhaps a widow, living all by herself, in underground lodgings, as widows have done, and will do, again and again, till there is no such thing as widowdom in the world.

1854, Benj[amin] F[ranklin] Taylor, “Digging for a Subject”, in January and June: Being Out-Door Thinkings, and Fire-Side Musings. […], New York, N.Y.: Samuel Hueston, […], →OCLC, pages 50–51:

The toad likes cool, moist earth, neither muddy nor dusty, and just after a shower, when the roads are just properly moistened, the little toads and toadesses go forth to promenade and enlarge their acquaintance with the world beyond the cabbage-leaf of their nativity.

1858 October 23, Ecuyer Tranchant [pseudonym], “The Democrat of the Dinner Table”, in Boston Evening Transcript, volume XXIX, number 8740, Boston, Mass., supplement, column 4:

They [toads] lead a very retired and pensive life during the day, behind stun walls, but when twilight begins tew dress for the night, then the toads and toadesses begin to reconnoiter round.

1868 July 24, Josh Billings [pseudonym; Henry Wheeler Shaw], “The Josh Billings Papers. Josh Does Up his Back Correspondence.”, in The Missouri Democrat, volume 16, number 289, St. Louis, Mo., page [3], column 4:

I do know that all the respectable toads and toadesses of my acquaintance always went down in family parties into the water and there brought forth a respectable and legitimate family of tadpoles.

1899 July 27, H. M. Doak, “Doak on Frog and Toad Music”, in The Nashville American, volume XXIII, number 8263, Nashville, Tenn., page 4, column 6:

“A toad’s highest idea of beauty is a toadess;” says another [proverb].

1915, M. V. Srinivasa Aiyangar, An Open Letter to Mrs. Annie Besant: Being a Reply to Her Attacks on Hinduism, Madras: M. C. Narasimhacharya, →OCLC, page 57:

[T]hey […] stuffed their faces into the grass, shaking uncontrollably, silently. What could they see? […] Some animal? ‘And from his queer abode came forth giant toad, a toadess in a bodice.’

1969, Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy, “The Picnic”, in The Centre of the Universe is 18 Baedekerstrasse, London: Hamish Hamilton, published 1985, →ISBN, page 52:

As the saying goes, “I’ve kissed many toadesses in my time, but I finally found a princess.”

1989 February 2, Rick Cairns, “The Other Side: Basic Qualities of Relationsips^([sic])”, in The Seahawk, volume 42, Wilmington, N.C.: University of North Carolina at Wilmington, page 4, column 5:

3 hideous L[on]d[o]n toadesses looking for 3 dashing princes for fun, wine & magik.

1996 May 18–24, “Soulmates”, in The Guide (The Guardian), London, page 57, column 3:

i am not a prince in disguise / i’m merely a toad / looking for a toadess / to undress // rose / taking kindly to a croaking toad / decided / to assist in his search / for an undressed frog

2014 December, Gwynneth Green, “Rose & the Toad”, in Unplugged, Shelbyville, Ky.: Wasteland Press, →ISBN, page 59:


western toad

From western + toad. The vernacular name refers to the taxon's range relative to the rest of the New World, and is not calqued from the taxonomic name, translingual Anaxyrus boreas (literally “northern anaxyrus”).

cog

Anaxyrus boreas, a species of toad whose range extends from the southern coast of Alaska to the western coast of Baja California and to the edge of the Midwest.


Santander poison frog

en-noun

Santander poison frog (plural Santander poison frogs)

From Santander (“department of Colombia”) + poison + frog.

affix

poison dart frog
poison dart frog#English

Ranitomeya virolinensis, a species of poison dart frog only found in two departments of Colombia.


hoptoad

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-hoptoad.wav

I'd like to turn her into a fat, old hoptoad.

Jumpin' hoptoads!


common toad

A toad of species Bufo bufo, principally of Europe.


spot-legged poison frog

en-noun

spot-legged poison frog (plural spot-legged poison frogs)

Ameerega picta, a species of poison dart frog.


Lake Titicaca frog

Lake Titicaca frog (plural Lake Titicaca frogs)