Scientists think they might have found the world's smallest animal with a backbone - and it's a tiny frog. The Brazilian Flea Toad (which confusingly is a frog, and not a toad) is about 7 ...
The finding sheds new light on early frog evolution, suggesting that even at their earliest evolutionary stages, frogs and toads had a tadpole life stage, according to John Long, a palaeontologist ...
Amongst these is the common toad. It's slightly bigger than a frog but has shorter legs and prefers to crawl instead of hop. In the summer, you might find smooth newts. They have big strong tails ...
A less fanciful explanation might be that for her latest role at the Manitoba Theatre for Young People, Lyon is playing Toad, one green half of Frog and Toad, the delightful croak monsieurs ...