On Sun, 9 Nov 2003 20:14:47 -0000, "ned" wrote:

The common frog, Rana temporaria, comes in various mottled colours
from yellow ochre, brown, through green to grey, occasionally dark
grey - and red. The red version is not common but has been known and
recorded since at least 1908.
'Don't know if anyone has done any research into the colour variations
but it may well be habitat influenced.
What causes a lot of confusion these days, is that there is an
introduced problem called, explicitly enough, 'red leg disease'.
A 'huge' common frog will almost certainly be a mature female.
....... Perhaps you would care to confirm that with a microscopic
examination of its genitalia? ;-)

I hate to be old fashioned, but isn't it normal to just kiss a frog on
a first date?
--
Martin