My guesses were so consistently wrong that I at first thought the site was making up frog/toad names based on the opposite of my answer.<p>Then I guessed "toad" for what turned out to be "a false toad (Telmatobufo bullocki)" and my head exploded a bit
Taxonomically there is no rule about the differences between toad/frog. Generally “frogs” are considered to be more aquatic than toads, but I’m pretty sure the naming is not entirely consistent amongst species. Funny game, it definitely throws some hard ones at you.
I suppose I had never really thought about the difference between a frog and a toad, and after playing this game, it is clear that I have absolutely no idea what it might be.
I played this for a couple of minutes, foolishly thinking I’d be quite good, before exclaiming ‘oh, what the <i>hell</i> is the difference!?’ and quitting it in frustration.
Reminds me of one of my favorite Seinfeld clips "Frog is Wrong" [1]<p>[1] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0MtSBKgUNk" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0MtSBKgUNk</a>
A cheatsheet?<p><a href="https://aqua.org/stories/2023-09-27-mistaken-identities-frogs-vs-toads" rel="nofollow">https://aqua.org/stories/2023-09-27-mistaken-identities-frog...</a>
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.