#as of 27 July 2023 there are 7629 frog species

[markscherz]

Oh you like frogs? Name every frog then

Current tally: 90 (1.18% of all described frogs)

#taxonomy #taxonomists on tumblr #not a lot of people on that tag I tell you what #scientists on tumblr #science #biology #frogs #frog #you could also just name every frog Charlie #boom done #but that feels a bit like cheating #1.18% feels like very little #but I am like the third or fourth most prolific amphibian taxonomist of the last decade #so I'm okay with >1% #anon #anonymous #answers by mark #also to be clear #as of 27 July 2023 there are 7629 frog species #including the new one we published yesterday #not even the guy who maintains the Amphibian Species of the World database #nor the people who maintain AmphibiaWeb #could possibly tell you all the names of all the frogs #not least because there's a decent chance that by the end of the recitation there would be a new one they didn't know about #not to mention all the disagreement about which species are or are not valid