Not even four gulps

by Meg on December 7, 2007

Care for a snack?

Glurp.

Watch out, they "ribbet" all the way down…

Love the miniscule haunches, Candace M.

{ 71 comments }

1 Benny's Mum 12.07.07 at 2:05 pm

Teeny Bleeny!!!

2 Mary 12.07.07 at 2:05 pm

Squeeeee! Teeny Tineh Froggehs!

3 lurkingsmirk 12.07.07 at 2:07 pm

A plague of frogs signifying the cuteopalyse!

4 helene 12.07.07 at 2:07 pm

bite? heck, these would slide down like advil after a long run. No – check that – they’d scootch themselves down ever so politely! no need for sugar coating.

hop
hop
hop
hop

5 Candace 12.07.07 at 2:09 pm

Yaaay! My submishe made it! Woot

6 charliewabba 12.07.07 at 2:21 pm

Recommended dosage:
4 every 6 hours as needed, not to exceed 16 in any 24 hour period. For relief of pains related to dating.

7 Julie 12.07.07 at 2:22 pm

are those Coquis? When I was in Puerto Rico, we had one in our room that was teeny-tiny, but made the BIGGEST noise!!

8 charliewabba 12.07.07 at 2:23 pm

Or, should I say, they are the antitoad to bad dates?

9 Courtney 12.07.07 at 2:28 pm

Yay for teeny weeny froggies!

I’ll bet there are tadpoles bigger than these guys!

10 wombat 12.07.07 at 2:30 pm

Those are Solomon Island Leaf Frogs. They are born directly from eggs as tiny froglets without going through a tadpole stage.

11 Redzilla 12.07.07 at 2:37 pm

On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me:
4 tiny frogs
3 inching worms
2 bebeh badgers
and a squirrel tattoo on my left shoulder.

12 bookmonstercats 12.07.07 at 2:45 pm

Gives a new meaning to the words, “Excuse me, my dinner is repeating on me”…”Ribbet” … “Pardon”

13 Wbirdie 12.07.07 at 2:47 pm

The Pursuit of Hoppiness!

14 Peg of Tilling 12.07.07 at 2:54 pm

*cough* *cough* Sorry, frog in my throat.

15 greenighs 12.07.07 at 3:02 pm

picofrogs!

A fistful of froglets …

16 DKN 12.07.07 at 3:05 pm

The thing that amazes me about this picture is how they managed to capture these little doods sitting still! what a lucky shot! If I were holding them they’d be hoppin all over the place!

17 Krys O. 12.07.07 at 3:05 pm

I recall seeing froggies that small when I was a kid. They were in a swamp in the back of my sister’s house in CT.

18 mm 12.07.07 at 3:05 pm

oooh, nobody’s said it yet! Crunchy Frog! Like I really could, *sigh* So much for my career as a avant-garde candy maker…

19 mk12 12.07.07 at 3:17 pm

Instant princes. Just add kisses

20 Eater of Shades 12.07.07 at 3:19 pm

EEEEE!

teeny froggies! (froglets?)

21 Eater of Shades 12.07.07 at 3:20 pm

EEEEE!

teeny froggies! (froglets?)

22 kurt 12.07.07 at 3:39 pm

I almost ran over a few of these with my lawnmower one day! It’s a reel mower, so I don’t think it would have sucked them up and made toad mince, but still! Anyway, I think they’re okay, hopping around in my yard.

23 Stacey 12.07.07 at 3:44 pm

Totally thought they were little ‘buds’. Maybe they are if you lick them?

24 Laura 12.07.07 at 3:53 pm

I used to find leetle froglets like this near my old house! They were so much fun to play with!

25 Fegli 12.07.07 at 3:56 pm

How did they get them to stay still long enough to take a picture? When we used to try to play with the froglets in our pond they were always gone before you could see them.

26 R. Moore 12.07.07 at 3:56 pm

If you have froglets like these you have two reasons to be happy:

1) they’re awesome!
2) it means you have a healthy eco-system. Amphibians are pretty sensitive, so if anything goes wonky they’re the first ones to go.

27 leah b. 12.07.07 at 4:02 pm

friday should be tiny animals day cause da weekend is only hours away nowes!!
DO I get a second here Peeps?

28 Amlaia 12.07.07 at 4:04 pm

omg are those treefrogs? I LOVE treefrogs! When I was little I used to catch them in a paper cup.

29 WannaSmile 12.07.07 at 4:06 pm

Supah cute lil’ teeny tiny froggers!

30 spacebunny 12.07.07 at 4:08 pm

Clones!

31 Laurie 12.07.07 at 4:14 pm

Are these appetizer froggies before the salad bag frog?

32 Sabrina 12.07.07 at 4:14 pm

I think he’s offering us hallucinogens! Just say no!

(yes I know they’re not toads)

33 Aoife 12.07.07 at 4:15 pm

Squeee! I want to kiss them, but I’m afraid I might swallow them by accident. Best to admire from afar and keep my squeee to myself.

34 Ann-Eve 12.07.07 at 4:17 pm

I love how they all look so serious . . . as if they’re in a meeting that we’ve interrupted to take photos.

35 catablob 12.07.07 at 4:24 pm

this picture totally makes my day!

36 Rachel A. 12.07.07 at 4:39 pm

Chocolate Frogs… mini size!

37 Theresa 12.07.07 at 5:01 pm

Wouldn’t it be funny if they sang like a Barbershop quartet? I can just hear them!

“Hello Hello Hello—
Goodbye my Coney Island
Baby!
Farewell my own true love
True love!
(My honey!)”

38 August 12.07.07 at 5:08 pm

*Gasp!*

They are so very delicate!

39 Hon Glad 12.07.07 at 5:16 pm

It’s really a giant hand.

40 Paunchie 12.07.07 at 5:38 pm

Hey Candace- I sent this one in too! Lurve me some teeny froglets!

41 Kiragirl 12.07.07 at 5:43 pm

charliewabba, crackin’ me up!

They would make nice little decorations for a cupcake, like sprinkles…froggles.

42 E.G. 12.07.07 at 5:53 pm

Doc Hopper would love these for his appetizer menu.

43 Viola 12.07.07 at 5:57 pm

E.G., that’s mean! Really, it isn’t easy being bleen.

44 Melinda 12.07.07 at 6:13 pm

One summer when I was a kid, we had thousands of teeny tiny hoppy toads all around our town. I never knew where they came from, but they sure were cute!

45 Melinda 12.07.07 at 6:15 pm

Anyone for some Whizzo Chocolates Crunchy Frog?

46 Kate 12.07.07 at 6:16 pm

I just scrolled down to this picture and went “Oh! Oh! Oh!” at the teeny frog cuteness. Am now embarrassed.

47 tinycat 12.07.07 at 6:16 pm

Wombat was right about these being Solomon Island Frogs.

They are called froglets because the do not go through a tadpole phase at all but emerge from the egg as fully formed teeny-tiny frogs (froglets). Frogs that go through a tadpole phase (almost all of them) are not called froglets when they attain their adult form. They are just itsy-bitsy froggies.

So froglets are double cute, b/c they are not only tiny, but -in the frog world- really, really strange beasties.

48 jen 12.07.07 at 6:20 pm

i love little frogs. so cute.

how about babeh turtles? they’re anerables too.

49 berthaslave 12.07.07 at 7:18 pm

Someone’s gonna have teeny, tiny, anerable warts pretty soon….

50 Momof2kitties 12.07.07 at 7:49 pm

I vote yes with leah b. Tiny animal day, please!

We have these all over our backyard near the pond. I am not a creepy crawly lover but these doods are tewtally pick-up-able.

51 CaroL 12.07.07 at 8:04 pm

Teeny Tiny ‘Tocks!

52 newlee 12.07.07 at 9:21 pm

cute leetle boogers

53 Mega 12.07.07 at 9:26 pm

Jeepers! Creepers!

Where’d ya get THOSE Peepers?

Little frogs, peepers, get it? :-)

54 hotmustard 12.07.07 at 11:36 pm

as plagues go, how cutsie-pootsie are they!

55 hotmustard 12.07.07 at 11:36 pm

as plagues go, how cutsie-pootsie are they!

56 hotmustard 12.07.07 at 11:41 pm

as plagues go, how cutsie-pootsie are they!

57 Sammys Mom 12.08.07 at 12:42 am

Kiragirl – your sprinkle/froggle bit reminds me of a song.

Like to hear it? Here it goes…”Dance your cares away (clap-clap), worry’s for another day. Let the Froggles play, (clap-clap) Down at Froggle Rock,(Dun, Duhn). Down at Froggle Rock – Doo-dooh!”

Anybody remember this ‘toon ditty?!?!

58 Sammys Mom 12.08.07 at 12:48 am

…itsy, bitsy, teeny, weeny, greenie froggy dots are bleeny…

59 Lyn 12.08.07 at 1:43 am

D’awwwwwwwwwww! Frogs are just too too too adorable.

60 pharmgirl 12.08.07 at 2:00 am

Almost hate to tell this story, but when I was a kid, we called these ‘dime frogs’ because after a tiny mit clutched one for a while, it would be flattened to the size of a dime! Poor froggies!

61 veeelchop 12.08.07 at 2:49 am

still, tastes like chicken.

62 sarah_beth 12.08.07 at 3:37 am

:) riblets.

63 Michelle 12.08.07 at 4:28 am

omg when their lil legs are so tiny they’re nearly transparent! I get dizzy with cute overload.

sigh. i lubz dem.

64 Subhangi 12.08.07 at 6:20 am

SQUEEESQUEEESQUEEESQUEEE!!! TIIINY TIIINY McRIBBITSONS!

Redzilla – That’s a rather tall order for hubby. ;)

65 Wukki 12.08.07 at 9:42 am

THEY’RE SO TEEENYYYY!!! I want to kiss their little wet, slimy, froggy lips! But then they might turn into a prince, and then where would I be?
Awww, the little froglets!

66 acelightning 12.08.07 at 10:55 am

Now *these* really demand a C.O.X.C.U!

67 Theo 12.08.07 at 6:47 pm

Ace — that IS the extreme closeup!

68 Coco 12.08.07 at 8:00 pm

My brother and I used to catch little teeny froggies just like these down at the crick near our house in San Antonio, TX when I was a kid. I always wondered if I was remembering it wrong, ’cause I’ve never seen anything like them since. But here they are again! I’m SO glad they made it :-)

69 GerbilNibble 12.09.07 at 12:45 am

How am I supposed to snorggle these wee specimes of preciousness?

How can I sqee z when z be such delicatenessly adorble lovables?

70 A 12.09.07 at 2:41 am

wee little froggly wogglies…….ee!

so tiny wee frogglies….eee!!!

71 Holly 12.09.07 at 4:16 am

this picture needed an ENLARGE!

Wanna see the little haunches up close.

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