Finally, I have snapped a frog. I was planning on finding frogspawn as a compromise but haven’t been able to get to the pond yet. An actual frog is even better. This is a frog because its skin is slimy and smooth, rather than dry and warty. It has longer legs than a toad, webbed feet and hops rather than crawls. It is slimmer than a toad and has a more streamlined shape.
I’m still hoping to see frogspawn or tadpoles. Last summer we had many tiny froglets hopping around in the watermeadow.