Do🗸

If you come across a wild Frog or toad it's best to leave them alone, only touching them if they need help. Our oils, salts and possible chemicals on our hands are dangerous to their sensitive, porous, skin.  
If you wish to take photos please treat them kindly!  
Allow them to sit naturally on the ground, your hand or somewhere safe.  
Treat them like a living animal, not a toy.

Do Not🗴 [Sad frog says, "I am not a toy! :("]

It may be tempting to take "cuter" photos to follow today's trends, but the reality of this trend of sitting frogs and toads upright is they simply cannot breathe well. When sat in this position (as well as when put on their back) they go into a state of tonic immobility which is brought on by fear of a predator. This puts a lot of stress and fear on the frogs as well as strain on the body from being in an unnatural position. Essentially doing this scares them to death!

Safe Ways to Hold Frogs & Toads

• Cupped: Self explanatory! One hand over the other to keep smaller frogs in your hands.

• Grasped: Finger and thumb gently around the mid section or waist.

• Bullfrog Grab: Gently but firmly around the waist or uppermost thighs. This method is for bullfrogs or other land frogs (not toads) like greens or leopards.

Do Not [pinch the back or rib cage area.]

Holding them by the back this way may seem harmless on the outside but when you look at the anatomy of Frogs you can see where the issue lies.

When you look on the inside, you're really holding them by the ribs and spine. Frogs and toads have a short spine and short ribs to make room for long legs. There's no real meat or muscle between bone and skin, so holding them this way pinches skin, nerves, veins and causes pain.

By @NekoGekko [not my OC, I just transcribed it here]