#Grof

[a-book-of-creatures]

Tiddalik! The frog who drank all the water, and then all the animals tried to make him laugh to spit it back out!

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Some are dancing, some are giant, some sing, and others rain down: vintage frogs and toads.

[avisdymart]

Came up with the idea of SWAP! AU and some designs.

[m3rmaid-w1tch]

Sooooooo Fionna and Cake am i right *cries*

Im very obsessed with Betty right now idk

[sillymickel]

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[dragongirldg]

[a-book-of-creatures]

Also her name literally means toad. According to Plutarch she got that nickname because of her dull, yellowish skin. Her original name was Mnesaretê.

Which is also why you might see the word phryne in the wild.

Rhinophrynus, "nose toad"

Linophryne, "net toad"

Phrynocephalus, "toad head"

Making this an...

Fun fact: According to Greek legend there was a famous prostitute who managed to avoid a death sentence by showing the judges her boobs and arguing that it would be a crime against the Gods to destroy something so beautiful. 

Before you ask, yes there are paintings of this. And yes, they’re amazing.

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[skipppppy]

I think she’d respect his methodology

[sevenxseveneyes]

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[avisdymart]

[qiinamii]

we'll do fine.

[sillymickel]

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[taffybuns]

and i love you, love you, love you, love you

[a-book-of-creatures]

I'm not sure what this is supposed to mean, but the Cape rain frog (Breviceps gibbosus) was described by Linnaeus himself in 1758 (as Rana gibbosa). And this rendition was published in 1788.

Incidentally I'd like to point out that Buffon is not the artist... and not really the author either! Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, published thirty-six volumes of his encyclopedia. The remaining volumes on reptiles (including the one from which this one was taken), fish, and whales were completed by Lacépède.

The uncropped image refers to it as le crapaud bossu, "the humpbacked toad".

And here's what was known about it at the time, including having a head that is "very small, obtuse, and sunk into its chest", a "very convex" body, and its habitat being the oriental Indies and Africa, of which this specimen from Senegal.

References

Lacépède, B. G. (1788) Histoire Naturelle des Quadrupèdes Ovipares et des Serpens, v. I. Hôtel de Thou, Paris.

Art by Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon, (1707 - 1788)

[astearisms]

catalysts, protectors

[fuluv]

could've been them but she kept playing

[original]

[kettleghost]

gonna miss this show