掲示板 Forums - anyone thought about the difference: frogs vs toads?
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Just then, I was looking at my kao garden and the thought struck:
What even is the difference between a frog and toad aside from appearences?
I never thought about it much until I saw them side by side.
They both have 4 legs with a similar structure, similar beady eyes, in the species of amphibians and can jump further than their own bodies by who knows how much. I mean how are they 2 different things when you think of them this way?
and can't believe it has been keeping me up for an extra hour.
There is also this very loose convention (though often false) that toads live on land and frogs live in/near water. If you see one of the little guys with their nose and beady eyes only just surfacing in a quiet bow of a river, or (most often) you just hear "plonk" as you walk along the bank and your footsteps startle them into jumping into the water, what you say is "Oh, there are frogs", not "Oh, there are toads." But if you see one peeking out from under a leaf in your garden, a sibling might dare you to "touch a toad" rather than "a frog"... or they might pick it up themselves and chase you around with it. 
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