Comments on: This is a list of frogs.

This is a list of frogs.

bigmusic — Sat, 03 May 2008 00:55:56 -0800

This is a list of frogs. Look at pictures the frogs. Most importantly, listen (sounds like a fart) to (sounds like a baseball card in your bike tire) the (sounds like a sheep) frogs (classic frog sound).

More pictures and sounds at the first link.

By: Citizen Premier

Citizen Premier — Sat, 03 May 2008 01:27:23 -0800

I wish I could set these as ring tones.

By: Malor

Malor — Sat, 03 May 2008 02:19:10 -0800

You missed the most important one.

By: Dizzy

Dizzy — Sat, 03 May 2008 03:22:31 -0800

I find frog noises so comforting. I'd like to play these when I go to sleep. Excellent post, big!

By: fire&wings

fire&wings — Sat, 03 May 2008 03:34:31 -0800

A frog in distress is an incredible sound. I once came across a stand off between a cat and a tiny frog and the frog sounded like an 11yr old girl roaring at the top of her voice. They can make an unbelieveable amount of noise when they have to.

By: johnj

johnj — Sat, 03 May 2008 04:09:25 -0800

The sound of this one makes me feel very sleepy.

By: FelliniBlank

FelliniBlank — Sat, 03 May 2008 04:41:25 -0800

Don't forget this one.

By: eustatic

eustatic — Sat, 03 May 2008 06:21:39 -0800

hooray for this post on a wet spring morning. the songs are that much more bittersweet, when you consider the ongoing amphibian declines not just in California, but throughout the United States (Congressionally-neutered National Biological Survey) and the world [maps] [data]. But such is the reach of this site that it even catalogues southeastern salamanders, the pride of North America, with habitat pics! thanks. I'm enjoying this site as an easily-navigated, accessible herper resource, it's something the scientific and conservation websites could learn from.

By: netbros

netbros — Sat, 03 May 2008 06:40:35 -0800

A couple years ago my job transferred me to Summerville, SC, a lovely town about 20 miles inland from the Charleston harbor. I moved into a brand new apartment complex that was actually still under construction in a forested, swampy area that hadn't been developed until then. Lots of wetlands, spanish moss, that kinda thing. In the spring and summer after dark, literally thousands of tree frogs would come out of the woods and swamps to play. These little guys were about the size of a ping pong ball. They especially hung around the streetlights in the parking lots, and the safety lighting in the apartment breezeways. It surprised me that they liked the light. You truly had to watch your step to keep from squishing the little fellers. It was great fun. I would sit down on the ground and stare at them for what seemed like hours. The sounds they made were soothing ... no trouble at all falling asleep. Just a different form of white noise in the background. In the long run, it's really a shame the housing development had to interfere with their natural habitat, but they seemed to be doing all right getting used to the new upright giant creatures in their neighborhood. I've moved back to the mountains since, but I will never forget the tree frogs in Summerville.

By: Countess Elena

Countess Elena — Sat, 03 May 2008 07:11:02 -0800

I love falling asleep to the peeping of tropical tree frogs. I was reading a book recently -- I couldn't tell you which one -- that stated that frogs, in general, do not go "ribbit." The reason that we in the English-speaking world think that they do, and tell our children so, is that "ribbit" is the call of the Pacific tree frog, the frog that's common in the Hollywood area, and Foley artists work with what they have. So all of us have developed the impression that frogs go "ribbit."

By: photoslob

photoslob — Sat, 03 May 2008 08:26:11 -0800

There's one of these in my backyard that is almost as big as my fist. He's a mosquito wrecking machine.

By: photoslob

photoslob — Sat, 03 May 2008 08:31:44 -0800

Oh jeez. After reading about the frog in my backyard I'm afraid it might eat me.

By: arcticwoman

arcticwoman — Sat, 03 May 2008 09:50:43 -0800

Since I speak French, my mother (for some inexplicable reason) decided to nickname me her French Frog. I have tons of frog themed stuff, the early stuff given to me by my mom, and the later stuff given to me from others who, when seeing my room full of frog decorations, decided I must like them. I do now.

By: Mikey-San

Mikey-San — Sat, 03 May 2008 10:11:55 -0800

If you hit play on all of them at once, it's like you're in the forest. This post rules.

By: owhydididoit

owhydididoit — Sat, 03 May 2008 10:26:47 -0800

Often when I hear frogs (esp. bullfrogs) I think about what it must have sounded like during the Permian period. And I am terrified.

By: CitrusFreak12

CitrusFreak12 — Sat, 03 May 2008 10:40:46 -0800

Hey. Those are frogs.

By: sir_rubixalot

sir_rubixalot — Sat, 03 May 2008 10:46:49 -0800

I love frogs. Thank you for this. You have made my weekend. :) Him name is hopkin.

By: Unicorn on the cob

Unicorn on the cob — Sat, 03 May 2008 10:57:10 -0800

OMG HOPKIN As someone who has owned frogs and obsesses over them, this post made my Saturday.

By: hoppytoad

hoppytoad — Sat, 03 May 2008 11:56:26 -0800

I used to fall asleep to the sound of frogs and crickets, and during the day would try and catch the little ones hopping around our yard. Hearing their calls again brought back some great childhood memories. Thanks!

By: waitangi

waitangi — Sat, 03 May 2008 12:13:25 -0800

This might be the album for some of you, Charles M. Bogart, Sounds of North American Frogs.

By: Tbola

Tbola — Sat, 03 May 2008 14:25:51 -0800

Let's take a moment to remember Mitch Hedberg's "smackie the frog". (starts at around 1:40)

By: cluck

cluck — Sat, 03 May 2008 15:56:35 -0800

And all in the year of the frog.