Frog (fish)

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New Horizons fish

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New Horizons fish
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Frog
Image Gallery
Real-world info
Name: Hyla japonica (Japanese tree frog) Family: Hylidae (tree frogs and relatives)
Main appearances
DnM AC e+ WW CF NL NH
Other appearances
Film HHD aF PC
Name in other languages  カエル  개구리  Rana  Frosch  青蛙  Grenouille  Rana  Kikker  青蛙  Grenouille  Rana  Лягушка

This article is about the fish. For the villager species, see Frog (species).

The Frog is a common pond fish in the Animal Crossing series introduced in Animal Crossing. It has a distinctive croak heard when the player is approaching it. It appears all day from May to August.

Catch details

In Animal Crossing

#34

"I caught a frog! Think I should kiss it? (Ew... It's all warty!)"

DnM

DnM+

AC

DnMe+

Time of year	May – Aug
Time of day	All day
Location	Pond
Shadow size	Tiny
Selling price	250 Bells
Feng shui	Green
Furniture size

In Wild World

#12

"I caught a frog! Leapin'... lizards?"

Description	Their skin must be wet for them to survive, but they can't live in water.
Time of year	May – Aug
Time of day	All day
Peak times	Jun – Aug
Location	Pond
Shadow size	Tiny
Fish size	12 cm
Selling price	120 Bells
Furniture size

In City Folk

#12

"I caught a frog! What up, frog?"

Description	These need to be wet to survive...but they cannot survive in water.
Time of year	May – Aug
Time of day	All day
Peak times	N/A
Location	Pond
Shadow size	Small
Fish size	About 4.8 in.
Selling price	250 Bells
Furniture size

In New Leaf

#14

"I caught a frog! Hop to it, froggie!"

Time of year	May – Aug
Time of day	All day
Peak times	N/A
Location	Pond
Shadow size	Small
Fish size	12 cm
Selling price	120 Bells
Furniture size

In Pocket Camp

#117

Event availability	None
Location	Lost Lure Creek
Shadow size	Small
Fish size
Rarity	★★
Catch rate	5.5655%
Selling price	200 Bells
Request reward	1,500 Bells, 3 Friendship Points Fortune Cookie (20%), Bronze Treats (30%)

In New Horizons

#15

"I caught a frog! Or it's a new neighbor... and I have some apologizing to do."

Time of year	North: May – Aug South: Nov – Feb
Time of day	All day
Location	Pond
Shadow size	Small
Spawn requirement	Appears from the start of the game
Selling prices	Nook's Cranny:  120 Bells  C.J.:  180 Bells
Furniture size

Donating to the museum

The Frog can be donated to the museum as with other fish and insects. Blathers, the curator, will even give some information on the Frog.

In Animal Crossing

"Greeeeeee! Gree! Gree! That's my best Sonoran green toad impression, wot! We do keep frogs and toads here. Well, then, let's get our amphibious friend settled. All the damp comforts of a home. Guaranteed."

The Frog sits on a lilypad on the top right tank in the aquarium upon donation.

In Wild World

"This forgotten pond,
observed by a lonely frog,
drains slow, as my youth.

That was a haiku, eh wot? Rather an incomprehensible one, but one nonetheless. Many find frogs repulsive, but they're so prevalent, even poets sing of them!"

The Frog sits on a lily pad on the back tank of the first room in the aquarium upon donation.

In City Folk

"Fascinating... Were you aware that frogs make slight adjustments to their croaks to communicate? Hoo, they say many things to each other! For example, "ouch," "flee," "I like you ♥," and so forth. With enough practice, maybe I can learn to speak with our amphibian friends! ...Hoo-ribbit! Hoo-ribbit!"

The Frog appears in the middle-left tank on a lily pad floating on the surface. It makes no movements, other than croak and move with the lily pad.

In New Leaf

"These former tadpoles prefer to live near ponds and other damp and swampy places. They dwell on land, so they have lungs and skin as opposed to a set of gills. They like to stick close to water because they require a nice, moist lifestyle. Frogs are moist because they emit a liquid to protect their skin from dryness. If too much moisture evaporates from their thin skins, they could have trouble breathing. It's better not to handle frogs, as some species are poisonous, even to the touch!"

In New Horizons

When donating to Blathers or selecting "Tell me about this!" in New Horizons, he will provide the following information about the fish:

"I understand that frogs converse with fellow frogs through a number of varied calls, as it were. Ribbit! My prince has arrived! Gribbit riiibbit! This pond is tragic! Ribbity rib't! I think you're splendid! Hoo hoo, of course I have no clue what they're saying, but I like to think if I practice enough, I might!"

The frog can be found in the large recessed tank in the freshwater room of the fish exhibit, sitting on a lily pad above the Tadpoles.

Real-world information

A real-life Japanese tree frog

The Japanese tree frog is very common and is of least concern on the IUCN Red List.

Gallery

For more images, view this subject's gallery.

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  Animal Crossing

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  Animal Crossing: Wild World

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  Animal Crossing: City Folk

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  Animal Crossing: City Folk
  (data-rendered model)

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  Animal Crossing: New Leaf

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  Animal Crossing: New Leaf
  (data-rendered model)

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  Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Names in other languages

	カエル kaeru	Frog
	개구리 gaeguri	—
	青蛙 qīngwā	—
	Лягушка Lyagushka	—
	Kikker	—
	Frosch	—
	Rana	Frog
	Grenouille	Frog
	Rana	Frog

Trivia

• In Animal Crossing, upon catching the Frog, the player makes a comment about the Frog being warty, despite frogs having no warts. It is likely that it was confused with a toad.
• The Frog and Octopus are the only species that appear as both villagers and catchable creatures. This is alluded to in the Frog's catch quote in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.