B69B. The Striped Frog.. 10.29.

Wanting to thank or punish the frog, the character runs his hand or paw down its back, and since then there have been stripes on the frog's back.

Bushmen, Ingush.

SW Africa. The Bushmen [the frog laughed at the lion; the lion tried to kill it, but only scratched its back with its paw; the frog has black stripes on its back ever since]: Kotlyar 1983, No. 21:41.

Caucasus â€" Asia Minor. The Ingush [Prophet Muhammad's house was on fire, people and animals rushed to extinguish; the frog was in the swamp, took water in its mouth, rode; by that time there were only guns left from the house; seeing how she spit water on her heads, the prophet laughed and gently ran his fingers down her back; therefore, frogs have stripes on her back, frogs are honored, and whoever kills will fall a cow]: Tsaroeva 2016:284.