In the case of a frog croaking, the spelling may vary because different frog species around the world make different sounds: Ancient Greek brekekekex koax koax ( only in Aristophanes ' comic play The Frogs ) for probably marsh frogs ; English ribbit for species of frog found in North America ; English verb " croak " for the common frog.

" The word xylon " piece of wood " was also used, but for a gallows, not a stake, as in the Aristophanes comedy The Frogs ; " if you stumble, at least you'll hang from a respectable tree.

Frogs and toads are broadly classified into three suborders: Archaeobatrachia, which includes four families of primitive frogs ; Mesobatrachia, which includes five families of more evolutionary intermediate frogs ; and Neobatrachia, by far the largest group, which contains the remaining twenty four families of modern frogs, including most common species found throughout the world.

' Apples ', ' Spring Awakening ', ' Almost Nothing to do with Frogs ' and ' Flames Over New Jersey ; were all shows performed at the Underbelly during the 2012 Fringe by current and old Etonians, with the latter 2 productions written and directed by boys from the school.

Aristophanes, in The Frogs, pokes fun at Theramenes ' ability to extricate himself from tight spots, but delivers none of the scathing rebukes one would expect for a politician whose role in the shocking events after Arginusae had been regarded as particularly blameworthy, and modern scholars have seen in this a more accurate depiction of how Theramenes was perceived in his time ; Lysias, meanwhile, who mercilessly attacks Theramenes on many counts, has nothing negative to say about the aftermath of Arginusae.

* Rasputin, the Mad Frog ; one of the Punk Frogs from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series

* 98 species of reptile, amphibian, fish and invertebrate ; including Black Widow Spiders, Leafcutter Ants, Partula Snails, Piranha, Poison Dart Frogs, Chameleons, Crocodiles

Frogs are the most commonly taken amphibians ; in the Voronezh region, they frequently eat fire-bellied toads, while European spadefoot toads are usually taken in Ukraine.

* Athenians who resemble birds: Tharreleides: jackdaw ( line 17 ); Sporgilus the barber: sparrow ( 300 ); Spintharus, Athenian of Phrygian descent: finch ( 762 ); Son of Peisias, a traitor: partridge ( 766 ); Menippus: swallow ; Lycurgus: ibis ; Syracosius: jay ; Meidias: quail Cleocritus, mentioned also in The Frogs: ostrich.

# Frogs: Dr. Hargreaves's ( who is not really a surgeon ; just a psychiatrist ) head is crushed by a mechanical mask of a frog

* The Frogs adapted from Aristophanes ' play in 1974 ; in 2004 Nathan Lane further adapted Shevelove's libretto for the work's Broadway premiere

In 1988, Brian Hill joined The Frogs as bassist ; he continues to make appearances with the group.

From Euripides, the Hippolytus and The Bacchae ( together with The Frogs of Aristophanes ; first edition, 1902 ); the Medea, Trojan Women, and Electra ( 1905 – 1907 ); Iphigenia in Tauris ( 1910 ); The Rhesus ( 1913 ) were presented at the Court Theatre, in London.

* Aristophanes, Frogs, 73, 78, with scholia ;

It was this inconsistency which ultimately cost the Seals a place in the post-season ; after three back to back wins in July, including a nailbiting 3-2 win over Lancaster Rattlers, nerves set in ; a 3-0 final day loss to San Jose Frogs when a win was required proved to be the ultimate nail in the coffin.

A version of this game was also released for Mattel's IntelliVision system, titled Frog Bog ; though graphically superior to Frogs and Flies, its controls are less fluent.

This process was an original part of the rites ; one form of it may be seen in Aristophanes ' play The Frogs ( 405 BC ).

Mature male Bell Frogs are occasionally found there ; however, a permanent breeding population is yet to be established.

Frogs, toads and salamanders all hatch from the egg as larvae with external gills.

Frogs have been caught on fish hooks baited with red flannel and green frogs ( Rana clamitans ) have been found to have stomachs full of elm seeds that they had seen floating past.

Frogs, toads, and newts all hatch from the egg as larvae with external gills but it would take some while for the amphibians to interact outside with pulmonary respiration.

Money ran out during production, so one scene featuring a flashback to Vietnam was filmed separately ( with a different budget ) as The Frogs of War.

* The Frogs – a musical version of Aristophanes ' comedy with book by Burt Shevelove ( 1974 ).

* " Ariadne " is a song in The Frogs, a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Burt Shevelove, revisions by Nathan Lane.

Professor Joshua Barr of the Staines Cyrobiology Laboratory in Middlesex ( UK ) has been carrying out experiments with British tree frogs to discover whether they also exhibit tolerance to very low temperatures in the same way as exhibited by American Tree Frogs.

The # 12-ranked Frogs lost a showdown for the Southwest Conference title with the # 10-ranked Texas Longhorns on November 10 in what remains the third best-attended game in the history of Amon G. Carter Stadium.

In addition he played with Box of Frogs which was a band formed in 1983 by former members of The Yardbirds, who released their first album in 1984.

*" Twist And Shout / Boys " 7 " live at Max's with Jimi LaLumia & The Psychotic Frogs -( 1981 )

Frogs, salamanders and their tadpoles are also eaten with some regularity.

Cummings plays occasional shows with Randy Bachman as The Bachman-Cummings Band, featuring The Carpet Frogs, a band from Toronto and makes occasional appearances at various Canadian casinos as a solo performer.

Bachman has since rejoined with CF Turner and Cummings has toured on his own with the Carpet Frogs.

The album was recorded with his touring band The Carpet Frogs.

Frogs provide one such case, with the male releasing sperm as the female discharges her eggs, a process called amplexus.

Charles Paul Segal argues that The Frogs is unique in its structure, because it combines two forms of comic motifs, a journey motif and a contest motif or agon motif, with each motif being given equal weight in the play.

One example is Racing Frogs, an MMOG that can be played with only a small amount of time every day.

This dish is in the English-speaking world traditionally associated with French cuisine, and a favorite insult for the French is the Frogs.

The Mice arm themselves for battle to avenge the Frog King's treachery, and send a herald to the Frogs with a declaration of war.

In 1996, Bach formed a rock band called The Last Hard Men, with Frogs guitarist Jimmy Flemion, The Breeders lead guitarist Kelley Deal, and Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin.

They are easily distinguished from African Dwarf Frogs because African Clawed Frogs have webbing only on their hind feet while African Dwarf Frogs have webbing on all four feet.

Frogs are an excellent example of all three trends: frog legs can be nearly twice the body length, leg muscles may account for up to twenty percent of body weight, and they have not only lengthened the foot, shin and thigh, but extended the ankle bones into another limb joint and similarly extended the hip bones and gained mobility at the sacrum for a second ' extra joint '.

Jackson Knight, " Vergil's Charon is not only the Greek ferryman of Aristophanes The Frogs, but more than half his Etruscan self, Charun, the Etruscan torturing death-devil, no ferryman at all.

* Euripides: A controversial tragic poet, he is lampooned in all Aristophanes ' plays and he even features as a character in three of them ( The Acharnians, Thesmophoriazusae and The Frogs ).

The Frogs deviates from the pattern of political standpoint offered in Aristophanes ’ earlier works, such as The Acharnians ( 425 BC ), Peace ( 421 BC ), and Lysistrata ( 411 BC ), which have all been termed ' peace ' plays.

In the Gilbert and Sullivan light opera The Pirates of Penzance, Major-General Stanley, in his introductory song, includes the fact that he " knows the croaking chorus from The Frogs of Aristophanes " in a list of all his scholarly achievements.

Mr. Spudich served on the Freeport Library Board, was a Freeport City Alderman, coached the Frogs Girls Softball Team, played slow pitch softball in his 1970s, helped move a log cabin to the Stephenson County Historical Society grounds in Freeport, and did all the stonework on his own house plus a lot of stonework for others.