Origami Tree Frog - Robert Lang

If you like origami visit Gilad’s Origami Page to see some really creative origami frogs.  If you want to make your own jumping orgami frog that isn’t quite so advanced and complicated check out Origami Instructions tutorial.  Happy paper folding!

The happy couple.

Two frogs were recently married in Udupi City in a ceremony that was supposed to appease the rain gods after the monsoon had failed.  Now that the monsoon has arrived and claimed numerous lives people are calling for the frog couples divorce to bring an end to the rain.  The full story can be found here at Mangalorean.com.

Some people felt that both bride and bridegroom seems to be unhappy the way in which marriage was conducted, where only 50 people attended the ceremony. Further, no reception was organized to guests and relatives. So, angry couple prayed for rain havoc in which people believe that it claimed lives and damage to their property.

Spot the Frog.  Found on comics.com.  Updated daily.

A chipped frog.

A team at Manchester university are chipping Morelet’s Treefrogs in the hope that they can learn more about the frogs diet and habits. With this information they hope to be able to improve the care of frogs in captivity. Watch the video here at the BBC News website.

A cute picture taken by ssphilips, Flickr. I love the composition of this photograph and the way it looks like the frog is posing for a picture.

… researchers argue that substantial die-offs of amphibians and other plant and animal species add up to a new mass extinction facing the planet.

Nearly one third of amphibian species have been found to be threatened with some species such as the Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog declining by 95%.   The main cause of this mass death is a fungus causing the disease chytridiomycosis, global warming and increased pollution. Read the full article at UC Berkeley News.

Fowler’s Toad on a log

The Fowler’s toad call sounds like a human shriek.  “People have actually called police departments thinking they were hearing a baby screaming,” said J.D. Kleopfer, amphibian specialist for the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.

Here is a link to an informative article about the Fowler’s toad in the Frederickburg area found on Frederickburg.com.  The audio link on the site doesn’t seem to be working but the Fowler’s toads cry can be found here on the Learning NC website or you can click here to download it.

Do you think it sounds like a human scream?  Personally I find it very eerie to listen to.

Frogman – Tim Cotterill Frog Sculptures

Frogman is the collection of beautiful froggie sculptures designed and made by the talented Tim Cotterill.  More of his work can be found at his official website Frogman Collections.

The largest and smallest frog in the world.

Here we have an image of the largest frog in the world the Conraua goliath along side on of the smallest frogs in the world the Eleutherodactylus Iberia.

There is a great article at the Friday Flyer which details the vast diversity in the frog world.

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A boy in Iowa finds an unusual toad that has five limbs and the stub of a sixth.

Runoff of pollutants from Lake Geode, located near the Schwartzes’ property, may have produced the toad’s remarkable features.

You can continue to read the rest of the story over at The Hawk Eye.