Wednesday 27 July 2011

A time for toads




Many frogs belong to the group called toads. Toads are the plumb, warty ones. 
They are all frogs - but "true frogs" are  members of the family Ranidae, containing more than 400 species. 
"True toads" are members of the family Bufonidae, containing more than 300 species. 



Two puppies and a frog - William Henry Trood (1848.1899)



Toads Tea Party
Beatrix Potter (1866.1943)

Danish ceramics by Ipsen
 
I think this little fella is a frog
This is to you, Mette
 
 Look at his little hands - 
the big ones belong to my husband


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