#as of 27 July 2023 there are 7629 frog species
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Oh you like frogs? Name every frog then
Current tally: 90 (1.18% of all described frogs)
#taxonomy#taxonomists on tumblr#not a lot of people on that tag I tell you what#scientists on tumblr#science#biology#frogs#frog#you could also just name every frog Charlie#boom done#but that feels a bit like cheating#1.18% feels like very little#but I am like the third or fourth most prolific amphibian taxonomist of the last decade#so I'm okay with >1%#anon#anonymous#answers by mark#also to be clear#as of 27 July 2023 there are 7629 frog species#including the new one we published yesterday#not even the guy who maintains the Amphibian Species of the World database#nor the people who maintain AmphibiaWeb#could possibly tell you all the names of all the frogs#not least because there's a decent chance that by the end of the recitation there would be a new one they didn't know about#not to mention all the disagreement about which species are or are not valid
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