World Frog Day | How is World Frog Day celebrated?

World Frog Day

World Frog Day is an annual festival celebrated on 20 March. Unlike other animals, all of us frogs clearly do not love their form, appearance, and especially the croc-croc sound. They are often small, small bodied creatures and will make us face smaller. Frogs are amphibian creatures that are found on both land and water. They are found as predators and are playing an important role in maintaining the environment throughout life. But in recent years, frogs are at risk of extinction for several reasons. World Frog Day is an awareness day celebrated to protect these living creatures from any predicament and provide them a safe environment to survive.

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"I want to kiss a frog even though no promise of a prince was popping out of it." I like frogs a lot. "  

History of World Frog Day:

World Frog Day has been celebrated since the year 2009. There is no precise mention of the person or organization that comes with this awareness day. Various varieties of frogs have been deyed with the intention of protecting them from extinction. Frogs are a talisman amphibian that originated about 256 million years ago. They are valued as food by humans and also have many cultural roles including literature, symbolism, and religion. About 6,000 known frog species were found, with 4,800 recorded frog types found worldwide except Antartica. But about 170 species of frogs have become extinct in the last decade. The reasons for its lack in population vary because they are dying due to both human activity and fungal infections.

Since the 1950s, the frog population has dropped significantly, and about one-third of the world's species are at risk of extinction. Whereas more than one hundred and twenty species are believed to have gone extinct since the 1980s. The reason for the decline in the population of frogs is emerging fungal disease, habitat destruction and modification, pollution, climate change, pesticide use and more. All of these in particular increased the number of malfunctions among frogs. In recent years, World Frog Day is considered the world's largest day for amphibian education and conservation action. People and various organizations are using this awareness day to focus on the universal decline in amphibian populations in locations around the world.

Many conservation biologists from around the world are actively working to find and understand the causes of these problems and ways to solve them. Except Antarctica, frogs of one species or the other can be seen on each continent. The frogs are Anura's eccentric bisexual. They are widely distributed, ranging from the tropics to the Antarctic regions, but the greatest concentration of species diversity is in tropical rainforests. The earliest fossil of the "proto-frog" appeared in the early Tricic of Madagascar. However, molecular clock dating suggests that the frog's origins may extend further to the Permian and date back to around 265 million years.

How is World Frog Day celebrated?

Celebrating World Frog Day is quite simple. Learn in detail about frogs, their habitat, type and its environmental roles. Increase awareness of the decline of frogs population and the importance of protecting them among the community. Ask them to protect this incredible creature instead of killing them. Help bring about some environmental changes such as reducing pollution, pesticide use prevents them from killing them as they are major threats to frogs. Buy soft toys depicting frogs and give gifts to your children and ask them to draw some pictures of frogs, so that they can also love these hideous creatures and know their importance. Share your thoughts about Frogs and Frog Day on social media using the hashtag #WorldFrogDay.