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I sketched the picture of honeydew for practice. You have very cute frogs!
A graphite pencil sketch of a frog peeking out from the top of a bamboo stick. There is a tiny doodle of another frog at the top left corner.
January 6, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Toad graphite pencil sketch.

I want to practice drawing more in 2025.
#toad #art #sketch
Toad drawing in graphite pencil. It is facing to the left. There is bright sunlight as a light source on its back.
January 5, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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Great photo! I used it to practice pencil sketching.

#art #sketch
Pencil sketch of the toad in the post above. It faces to the left and has small bumps on its body.
December 26, 2024 at 6:48 PM
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Illustration of a toad with an extra limb by E. Crosswhite from 1920. Published in the journal of Entomology and Zoology.

Source: www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45097#p...

#Frog #Toad
An illustration of a toad with an extra leg. The extra limb is in between its hind legs and has two feet attached to it, one on each side. The view is from above. The text underneath says "This peculiar toad was brought into the laboratory by Mr. M. Wyman. The drawing is by Mr. E. Crosswhite. The toad lived for some time and a few things were learned about its extra leg with the two feet. 1. It was capable of feeble movements of the leg and feet. 2. There was no true joint at the junction of the fifth leg with the body. 3. The extra leg was dragged along with no attempt made to use it in any way. 4. The extra leg could be used as a brace when the toad tried to climb from a jar. (Contribution from the Zoological Laboratory of Pomona College.)"
December 13, 2024 at 1:33 AM
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Used one of your frog photos to practice pencil sketching.
Very nice photos!
Graphite pencil sketch of a frog from an above photo I did to practice drawing.
December 2, 2024 at 1:20 AM
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Wonderful illustration by William Heath Robinson. From the book "Old time Stories" by Charles Perrault (1921).

#frogs
Text below the image says "Could your father but see you, my poor child." The image shows a woman holding her baby daughter in front of her. Bats fly above her and frogs stand around her. She saved one of the frogs from being eaten by a raven. In return, the frog and her friends help the woman.
November 29, 2024 at 3:01 AM
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From “The Tale of Ferdinand Frog”
by Arthur Scott Bailey. Illustrations by Diane Petersen (1918)

#frog
A frog is wearing an outfit with floral print and buttons and talking with a beaver. The beaver is wearing a checker print and using a cane. A chair and a painting are behind them. They painting could be a portrait of a frog. The frog from the other illustration puts a measuring tape around the waist of the beaver. There is a window behind them.
November 26, 2024 at 12:11 AM
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The Hairy Frog illustration from "The Biology of the Amphibia" G. Kingsley Noble (1931).

Noble suggests that the hairs could improve their respiration. Other researchers believe they could used to protect them from aggression from other male frogs (Barej et al 2010).
#frog #amphibian #frogs
A text book illustration that shows a frog with hair-like structures on its abdomen and upper legs. The caption says "Fig. 63.—The 'Hairy Frog' Astylosternus robustus receives its name from the thick growth of vascular villosities which develop in the male during the breeding season. These are respiratory organs which compensate for the reduced lungs of this species at the time of the year when the metabolism of frogs increases."
November 24, 2024 at 10:31 PM
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The front and back sides of a tag from a Kermit the Frog perfume made in 1995.

Source: muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Amphibia

#Kermit #Muppets #Frog #Perfume
The tag shows Kermit the frog with abs laying with his hands behind his head. He has a towel around his waist. It says “Amphibia POUR HOMME, FEMME. ET FROG EAU DE TOILETTE” The back of the tag says “A clean green scent made for our world. For man or woman ... or frog. Somewhere between Earth and Water ... AMPHIBIA”
November 23, 2024 at 8:59 PM
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From the book “Grandfather Frog Stays in the Smiling Pool“ by Thorton W. Burgess (copyright 1914-1922)

Illustrations by Harrison Cady

#frog #amphibian
Frog in a top hat and coat sits on a lily pad while holding a wooden cane. The frog has a flower with a long thin stem in its hat.
November 23, 2024 at 5:01 AM
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Positive frog news.

Yellow-legged frogs in Yosemite lakes are recovering after being decimated by introduced stock fish and chytrid fungus.

Scientists found a group of fungus resistant frogs and reintroduced them into the lakes where they once lived.

Source: www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
12 Yellow legged frogs sit in clear plastic containers on a sunny rock next to a lake. They are waiting to be reintroduced into the lake after their population was decimated by introduced stock fish and amphibian fungus. Photo from article taken by the scientist Roland Knapp.
November 22, 2024 at 4:30 PM
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The Frivolous Frog by José Guadalupe Posada (1947)

Source: americanart.si.edu/artwork/friv...
Woodblock print of a small frog playing a banjo instrument. Poem underneath reads “Cuá, cuá, cantaba la rana; Cuá, cuá, debajo del agua... (Cómo me gustan las naguas Que vá luciendo tu hermana).”
November 22, 2024 at 6:22 AM