WORLD FROG DAY 2026

World Frog Day 2026 and we've been reminded of a recently discovered species. In fact the only frog left in it's family. The incredibly strangely beautiful Galaxy frog, Melanobatrachus indicus.

It lives in the rainforests of India but has been devastated by photographers and explorers searching for it and disturbing it's habitat! There are now a recorded 9010 species of amphibians according to https://amphibiaweb.org Many new discoveries are immediately on the endangered list due to their rarity.

BUG BELLY CERAMIC MUGS

Check out these top quality ceramic drinking mugs on my Zazzle shop. Lots of colours and a variety of cup/mug/glass style to choose from. And watch out for more Bug Belly merch coming in the near future.

Have a guzzle with the big green guy!!

BUG BELLY AT CHRISTMAS 2025

AMAZING FROG FACTS - POLKA-DOT TREE FROG

This tiny polka-dot tree frog lives in South America. In the daytime it's just a normal attractive little froggy, but can you guess what it does after dark?

Find all the other Bug Belly videos here!

SAYING FROG AROUND THE WORLD #8

There aren't many different species of frogs and toads in Finland. Around 8 in total. One strange fact I hadn't been previously aware of is the ancient ritual of putting live frogs in minature coffins. The relics of these have been found in several places, usually churches, and were used as ancient magic to either ward of bad luck, or to inflict badwill on one's rivals or enemies.

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The Brothers Grimm wrote about a frog in their 19th century version of the Frog King, Der Froschkönig. There are around 14 species of frogs and toads in Germany including the endangered Yellow-bellied toad. American giant Bullfrogs have become established there too since being introduced.

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Japan has around 17 or 18 frogs and toads. Kaeru means 'return' and it is thought to bring good fortune if you release a captured frog back into the wild. I like that great idea.

SAVE THE FROGS DAY 2025

This year April 28th is the 17th annual Save The Frogs Day. Save The Frogs Day is the world’s largest day of amphibian education and conservation action. On this day we encourage the appreciation and celebration of amphibians by people from all walks of life. To celebrate this year me and Bug Belly have created and designed 2 helpful fact sheets illustrating how you can create your very own mini wildlife garden pond. With natural habitats disappearing it's important to try and help change this by creating extra mini habitats in our own back gardens.

Simply CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD the two FREE A4 pdf sheets. Have fun and hope you attract lots of wildlife including and especially those wonderful amphibians. 

USEFUL LINKS AND FURTHER INFORMATION

World Wildlife Trust - tips on making ponds

Wildlife Trust - pond planting

Wildlife Trust - mini ponds

Pond expert - planting

RSPB making a new large pond

RSPB making a mini pond

Save the Frogs - making a backyard habitat

RHS - wildlife ponds

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FUN RESOURCES FOR THE HOME & CLASSROOM

Shortcuts to all my FREE froggy crafts and cool activities.

English, maths, colouring and more!

Click the thumbnails below and download directly, or scroll down this page to inspect and see further details on each activity. HAVE FUN!

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France has around 17 or 18 frogs and toads. I'm sure I read somewhere that croaking frogs were in part responsible for the French revolution. Aristocratic land owners forced their workers to stay awake through the night in order to quieten the croaking frogs. That's when plans were hatched, or spawned!

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Around 17 frogs and toads can be found in Greece. Some endemic to the islands, like this Cretan frog. I remember making an extra long net to catch Marsh frogs in Skiathos to photograph.

Listen to the pronunciation of vatrachos here.

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600 frog species in Ecuador including the incredible ' see-through' frog. Imagine having your organs on display!?

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Brazil has more frog species than any other country. Imagine over 1000 different frogs and toads, amazing!

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This Bug Belly website gets lots of views from Holland, so I thought I'd say Hoi, and make the Netherlands the very first in my brand new frog infographic - 'How to say FROG around the world'. 

MY 2024 CHRISTMAS CARD VIDEO

Watch how I drew and illustrated this cheeky Christmas frog sitting with 4 Robin friends.

BRAND NEW AMAZING FROG FACT

New video - 

READ THE BOOKS • FREE RESOURCES • BOOK A VISIT

Fun frog facts video - 

AMAZING FROG FACTS #1 TREE FROG CAMOUFLAGE

FROG STAGES DEVELOPMENT in my garden pond

Grid sketching resources sheet added

Draw like a professional illustrator by copying what you see in the bottom picture into the grid squares above. It's a great method to practice drawing. You could even GO LARGE and make a giant copy of the exact same grid, and then make a giant copy of Bug Belly and pals on the lily leaf.

•BUG BELLY ISPY

2 NEW ISPY SHEETS AVAILABLE

Why not curl up with a copy of Babysitting Trouble and now Froggy Rescue and challenge yourself to Bug Belly i-Spy!? Can you find 30 images that are scattered throughout the book. Some are easy some are really tricky. How many can you find? Four free downloads now available.

Bug Belly i-Spy #3           Bug Belly i-Spy #4

Bug Belly i-Spy #1           Bug Belly i-Spy #2

Brand new FROGSPAWN WORDPOPS. Fun and easy word puzzles. 4 pages with 3 frogspawn puzzles on each.

DOWNLOAD IN BLACK & WHITE        DOWNLOAD COLOUR VERSION

Keep checking back as Bug Belly will be adding more each week.

Including How to make your own delumptious edible bug sweets!!!

*OUTDOOR CLASSROOM DAY - THURSDAY 21ST MAY*

To celebrate this event here are 5 fabulous Bug Belly activity pages to help you get
outdoors and investigate nature.

Download 5 Bug Belly outdoor activity pdf's

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 • SAVE THE FROGS DAY •

30 April 2022

Let's make Tree Frogs

Every day ought to be Save the Frogs day as they are a litmus paper for the health of our planet. There are lots of vital and interesting frog, toad and amphibian organisations in the world, some are listed below. There is a WORLD FROG DAY, SAVE THE FROGS DAY, AMPHIBIAN WEEK, FROG JUMPING DAY.

To celebrate all of these and particularly to be in time for Save the Frogs Day, (last Saturday in April). I have created and made available these gorgeous little tree frog models.

There are 4 to collect so far, with more to come.

Each frog has 2 A4 sheets, sheet 1 has the frog parts, the info tab and the colour reference image, sheet 2 has the simple instructions. Colour, cut out and make, and then learn about these tiny little gems. One of which is THE MOST TOXIC CREATURE ON THE PLANET!!!!

Also, I've made a short instruction video showing how to colour in and assemble these tree frogs. I'd love to see your tree frogs when they are made. If you send them to hot.frog@me.com I will feature them in the Bug Belly frog gallery. Have fun.

BLUE POISON DART FROG

GOLDEN DART FROG

RED-EYED TREE FROG

STRAWBERRY FROG

Some of the frog organisations

SAVE THE FROGS

AMPHIBIA WEB

Current number of amphibian species: 8,450 (Mar 31, 2022)