{"id":21018,"date":"2013-05-03T09:30:42","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T13:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/wildwire\/?p=21018"},"modified":"2022-02-15T09:39:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T14:39:36","slug":"whats-the-difference-between-frogs-and-toads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/omg_animals\/whats-the-difference-between-frogs-and-toads\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the Difference Between Frogs and Toads?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Frogs and toads have a lot in common. They are both members of the order <em>Anura<\/em>, they both reproduce in water, and they even look alike. It can be pretty easy to get them mixed up. Here are some hints to help you tell frogs (family <em>Ranidae<\/em>) and toads (family <em>Bufonidae<\/em>) apart.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/frogs_and_toads.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21019 alignnone\" title=\"difference between frogs and toads\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/frogs_and_toads.jpg\" alt=\"diagram, frogs, toads, differences\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/frogs_and_toads.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/frogs_and_toads-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/frogs_and_toads-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/frogs_and_toads-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/frogs_and_toads-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sources:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/news.psu.edu\/story\/141230\/2010\/03\/23\/research\/probing-question-whats-difference-between-frogs-and-toads \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/news.psu.edu\/story\/141230\/2010\/03\/23\/research\/probing-question-whats-difference-between-frogs-and-toads <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arc-trust.org\/advice\/FAQs\/frogs_and_toads\/difference.php\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.arc-trust.org\/advice\/FAQs\/frogs_and_toads\/difference.php<\/a><br \/>\nMichael E. Dorcas and J. Whitfield Gibbons. Frogs and Toads of the Southeast. University of Georgia Press, 2008: <a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.ca\/books?id=uBn8WJDVW0EC&#038;pg=PA7&#038;lpg=PA7&#038;dq=difference+between+frog+and+toad&#038;source=bl&#038;ots=SIzZ8QAEHq&#038;sig=RjoDJk5SzxczHHRPS1m5FlAYlU8&#038;hl=en&#038;sa=X&#038;ei=8VWBUeTkEYWrqAHL_oDADw&#038;ved=0CGYQ6AEwBzgy\" target=\"_blank\">Page 7 <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/bbtw\/?pra=signupfrog\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17321\" title=\"Start your campaign to protect the Oregon Spotted Frog\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/new_start_oregon_frog_campaign.jpg\" alt=\"Start your campaign to protect the Oregon Spotted Frog\" width=\"576\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/new_start_oregon_frog_campaign.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/new_start_oregon_frog_campaign-300x83.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Earth Rangers<\/a> is a non-profit organization that works to inspire and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/bbtw\/resources.html\">educate<\/a> children about the environment. At EarthRangers.com kids can play <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/games\/\">games<\/a>, discover <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/wildwire\/category\/omg-facts\/\">amazing facts<\/a>, meet <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/animals\/\">animal ambassadors<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bringbackthewild.com\/\">fundraise<\/a> to protect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/bbtw\/about.html\" target=\"_self\">biodiversity<\/a>. <\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you tell the difference between a frog and a toad? We&#8217;ve collected some hints to help you tell them apart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[666,13,409,1353,931],"tags":[184,84,26,101],"class_list":{"0":"post-21018","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-amphibians-and-reptiles","8":"category-omg_animals","9":"category-omg-facts","10":"category-to-edit","11":"category-all","12":"tag-amphibians","13":"tag-frogs","14":"tag-habitat","15":"tag-toads"},"pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}