Frog in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE
(tsephardea`; compare Arabic dafda` (Ex 8:2 ff; Ps 78:45;
105:30); batrachos (Rev 16:13)): The references in Psalms, as
well as in Exodus, are to the plague of flogs. In Rev 16:13 we
have, "And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and
out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the
false prophet, three unclean spirits, as it were frogs." The
word tsephardea` probably referred both to frogs and to toads,
as does the Arabic dafda`. In Israel and Syria Rana esculenta,
Bufo viridis and Hyla arborea are common. According to Mr.
Michael J. Nicoll, assistant director of the Zoological
Gardens at Gizah, near Cairo, the commonest Egyptian species
are Rana mascariensis and Bufo regularis. Rana esculenta, Bufo
viridis and Bufo vittatus are also found, but are much less
common.
Alfred Ely Day
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