Once a symbol of fertility and more recently a figure of fun, the frog has always loomed large in folklore, and not only as a means of finding a prince. Now, however, some species’ future is uncertain, finds Ian Morton.
Frogs elicit strong emotions. The abhorrence some people feel is so intense that it bears not one, but two medical names — ranidaphobia and batrachophobia (which encompasses all amphibians).
Psychologists blame childhood experiences, but what did…
