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[edit] Archives

  • Archive 1 - August 2004 to November 2005
  • Archive 2 - big gallery discussion with lots of pictures slowing down load times, November 2005 to February 2006
  • Archive 3 - November 2005 to February 2006
  • Archive 4 - February 2006 to December 2006

[edit] Wait...

...shouldn't their be at least passing mention of the fact that "Frog" is a derogatory reference to Frenchmen? 68.39.174.238 13:05, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

That's what the Disambiguation page is for! Hydrostatics 13:57, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reproduction image

Why is there a photo of two toads mating on a page about frogs? There may not be an available photo of frogs mating, but it's still inaccurate. -Hobbesy3 12:10, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Oh, never noticed this question before. Maybe you should read the article instead of just looking at the pictures. Toads are frogs. --liquidGhoul (talk) 05:41, 2 May 2008 (UTC)


but since common toads are memebers of the family bufonidae which are consistently called toads it is perhaps not the wisest choice of photograph --86.138.80.234 (talk) 18:07, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Smallest species

I'm putting my comment here, as it concerns 8793874e83087987 species. The National Geographic article on the Monte Iberia Eleuth discovery in 1996 specifically stated that it was the second smallest amphibian at 3/8 in (9.5 mm) length. According to the article the smallest species was a Brazilian frog measuring 11/32 in (8.7 mm, this would be the Brazilian Gold Frog), but that E. iberia would be the smallest species on the Northern dang you!!!!!!!!Hemisphere, with the previous record belonging to another Cuban species of 13/32 in (10.3 mm) length (the Yellow-Striped Pygmy Eleuth – Sminthillus limbatus is a synonym for this, right?). Over the years Guinness has fluctuated between B. didactylus and E. limbatus as the smallest amphibian with lengths of 10 mm and 8.5–12.4 mm respectively; I think they've even had the former credited as the smallest amphibian, while the latter was listed as the smallest frog in the same edition! Also, I don't remember Guinness ever acknowledging E. iberia at all. --Anshelm '77 18:36, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Found this on the subject. --Anshelm '77 20:53, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] smallest

the pages for the Monte Iberia Eleuth, Brazilian Gold Frog, and the Yellow-Striped Pygmy Eleuth all contradict the size of each species and their ranking in size as well 71.112.2.145 23:49, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Put some bloody information about how a frog adapts to its environment! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.128.140.23 (talk) 18:12, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Yes, please do. How can you call this a featured article in its current state? Green t-shirt (talk) 12:25, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
What information exactly are you looking for? Frog adaptations to certain environments are throughout the article. You can't have any blanket statement for "frog adapts to its environment" because they inhabit almost every habitat in the world. Just for examples, the article speaks of desert frog, arctic frog, tropical frog adaptations, and it goes on. If you think the article requires a specific habitat or adaptations, then please ask for it.
As for FA status. I cleaned it a couple months back, but the crap keeps coming in and I don't have time to continually clean it up. I will do it periodically. I would much appreciate knowledgable editors, but most of the people who have previously helped have disappeared of late. --liquidGhoul (talk) 12:44, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Merge from Frogs in popular culture

I've performed a quick, sloppy merge of notable-looking, mostly unsourced items from the article Frogs in popular culture, which is nominated for deletion here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frogs in popular culture (2nd nomination). Any attention given this section would be apprecated. I may return to polish it a bit later, but I am not an expert in these subjects. / edg ☺ ☭ 19:26, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Frogs

They left a few types of frogs out of here... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.83.45.85 (talk) 22:42, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] frog

frogs are mint —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.4.218.209 (talk) 16:28, 11 June 2008 (UTC)