| − | '''Frogs''' and the similar [[toad]]s are a large family of hundreds of species of batrachian [[amphibians]], with a nearly worldwide distribution, absent only from high latitudes and remote oceanic islands. Even in deserts, species such as the water-holding frog, which is used as a drinking bottle by [[Australian Aborigines]],{{cn}} are to be found, buried deep below the ground between the infrequent rains. | + | '''Frogs''' and the similar [[toad]]s are a large family of hundreds of species of batrachian [[amphibians]], with a nearly worldwide distribution, absent only from high latitudes and remote oceanic islands. Even in deserts, species such as the water-holding frog, which is used as a drinking bottle by [[Australian Aborigines]],<ref>[http://www.epa.sa.gov.au/frogcensus/platy.html] South Australia Environmental Protection Agency - Water holding frog</ref> are to be found, buried deep below the ground between the infrequent rains. |