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Frog or Toad?

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Re: Frog or Toad?

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There's an explanation at the end of the game!

I think I went through a few of them and it became clear I didn't know the difference at all and didn't feel I'd get an explanation of why so stopped there. It would have been better for each result to talk about why it was classified as a toad or frog.

There is no explanation to why, it’s all cultural and historical. There’s no distinction in conventional taxonomy

Re: Frog or Toad?

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My own assumption is that frogs are thinner, with finer lines in the shapes of their bodies, while toads are large, wide, and beefy with short legs. So that's how I made my choices. Wrong choices.

The tree toad gets everyone

There also exists a tree frog, but that one does look froggy

Re: Frog or Toad?

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post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think I went through a few of them and it became clear I didn't know the difference at all and didn't feel I'd get an explanation of why so stopped there. It would have been better for each result to talk about why it was classified as a toad or frog.

There is no explanation to why, it’s all cultural and historical. There’s no distinction in conventional taxonomy

TIL

But I wouldn't have playing the game because I stopped midway.

Maybe have a progress count like out of 10 or 5 if your intent is to show people that.

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