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Frog Bridge
Willimantic, CT
The Frog Bridge is also known as the Thread City Crossing. There are four bronze frogs perched on thread spools which are symbolic of the city's cotton mill past. The frogs are part of a local legend. The 11 foot tall statues were created by Leo Jensen from 1999-2001. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3.

Goldiwarts
Bellevue, WA		 Kermit the Frog
Los Angeles, CA		 Frog Fountain
Hot Springs, AR		 Giant Frog
Shenandoah Caverns, VA
Goldiwarts is installed at the Bellevue Botanical Gardens. She was created by Lon Brusselback.

Kermit the Frog stands at the entrance to Jim Henson Studios. He was installed in 2000. The 12 foot tall statue is dressed like Charlie Chaplin's "Little Tramp" character. The building was originally Charlie Chaplin Studios. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2.

The Frog Fountain stands in front of the Central Park Fusion Cuisine restaurant.

The Shenandoah Caverns Frog is installed in front of the Yellow Barn which opened in 2007.

Giant Frog [gone]
Muncie, IN
This Giant Frog stood in front of Dick Carnal's Ceramic Tile & Carpet. Another frog was part of the tile mosaic sign that ran the entire length of the store. The store, which opened around 1952, as Ceramic Tile & Marble became Carnal's Ceramic Tile & Carpet in 1969. The giant frog was installed in 1975. The store closed in 2005 and by 2010 the cement frog and the mosaic were gone.

Frog
Fontana, WI
This Frog was built in 1964 for Frog Hollow Miniature Golf which is long gone. There is also a small lighthouse which remains. The Frog is 14 feet tall and made of concrete. There is a door in front. Fontana was once known as Frog Hollow because of the number of marshes and frogs. These photos are from 2011. The statue was restored in 2012. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2.

Frogs
Boston, MA
These two bronze Frogs were created by David Phillips. They are four feet tall and located next to the Frog Pond at Boston Common. There were originally six frog statues installed here in 2002. I don't know what happened to the other four statues. For more, see this website.

Musical Frogs
West Bend, WI		 Frog Rock
Congress, AZ
These Musical Frogs are installed in front of the West Bend Art Museum. The copper sculpture was created by Beau Smith. Smith has been making these frogs since around 1985. This trio has been at the museum since at least 1999. For more, see this website.

This Frog Rock is visible in the distance from Highway 89. The rocks have been painted this way since 1928. For more, see this website.

Rattlesnake
Freer, TX
This Rattlesnake is about seven feet tall and made of cement. It is installed in front of the Chamber of Commerce. Freer has held an annual Rattlesnake Roundup since the 1960s. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2.

Rattlesnake
Albuquerque, NM
This Rattlesnake is one of two 400 foot long sculptures located in the median along University Boulevard south of town. Does anyone know who the artist was and when they were installed?

Snake
Cabazon, CA		 Snake
Escondido, CA
This concrete Snake is overshadowed by the giant dinosaurs on the property. Claude Bell created this statue just before his death in 1989.

The Escondido Snake is installed at Kit Carson Park. Does anyone know this guy's history and if there were other figures here at one time?

Jungle Jim's International Market
Fairfield, OH
Jungle Jim's International Market was founded in 1974. It has grown from a roadside stand to a theme park style grocery store. This snake is installed on the monorail station. The monorail system will take shoppers from the parking lot to the store. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2.

Rattlesnake Bridge
Tucson, AZ
The Rattlesnake Bridge was built in 2002 for pedestrians and bicycles. It is also called the Diamondback Bridge. It is 11 feet tall and 280 feet long. For more, see this website.

More Giant Snakes
Rattlesnake (Gila Bend, AZ)
Cobra at Miami Serpentarium (Miami, FL) [vintage; gone]
Garter Snakes (Inwood, Manitoba; Canada)

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