What makes a toad a toad?

[John]

Common names are not classification. Common names really don't mean that much.

[Kurt]

Exactly. That was the point I was trying to make, maybe I should've made it more clearer.

[John]

I was talking to Kerry.

[Kevin1]

Very interesting thread.
I always used to wonder about the bombina genus, I thought the were very frog-like for a toad.
When I was younger I got a book for christmas called The Terrarium by Harald Jes.
In it there was a picture of an African Bullfrog, though the caption said it was a pyxie toad. Left me confused for quite sometime.

[Kurt]

I was talking to Kerry.

I know. I was just stating that you said it better than I, thats all.

[John]

Every time I show my male African Bullfrog to people they think he's a toad. Sad really - he's much more handsome!

[Kerry1968]

Thanks for the clarification, I understand now!

[Kurt]

Every time I show my male African Bullfrog to people they think he's a toad. Sad really - he's much more handsome!

Good thing my Bufonids can't read, as they would most likely take offense to that comment.

[BlacklightHunter]

When I was a kid I thought that tadpoles would be toads and pollywoggs would be frogs lol.

[Kurt]

Too funny.

[Kerry1968]

What's a pollywog?

[Kurt]

Another name for tadpole.