All 3 Frog Variants in Minecraft (And How Froglight Colors Work)

Guide Java Bedrock

Quick answer: Frogs have 3 variants set by temperature: temperate orange frogs from swamps, warm white frogs from mangrove swamps and jungles, and cold green frogs from snowy biomes. The variant decides the froglight color: orange frogs drop ochre, white frogs pearlescent, green frogs verdant.

What you need

Slimeballs to lead and breed frogs
A bucket to move tadpoles between biomes
Small magma cubes for froglights

Step by step

Temperate (orange) frog: spawns naturally in regular swamps - the default look.
Warm (white) frog: spawns naturally in mangrove swamps; also results from tadpoles raised in jungles, deserts, badlands, savannas and the Nether.
Cold (green) frog: never spawns naturally in cold biomes - raise a tadpole in a snowy biome, deep dark or the End to get one.
How variants are set: the biome where a tadpole grows into a frog locks its variant forever - bucket tadpoles to the climate you want.
Froglight farming: feed small magma cubes to a frog and it drops a froglight - ochre from orange frogs, pearlescent (purple) from white frogs, verdant (green) from green frogs.
Easiest magma cube source: a basalt deltas or nether wastes farm; lure small cubes to your frogs or vice versa with a lead.
Breeding: feed two frogs slimeballs and one lays frogspawn in water; the babies grow into the variant of wherever they mature.

Java vs Bedrock

A tadpole grown in the End becomes a cold green frog - the most surprising way to get the verdant froglight frog.

Versions: The 3 variants and froglight colors are the same on Java and Bedrock. Cold frogs can occasionally spawn naturally where a swamp borders a cold biome.

Frequently asked questions

How do I get a green frog?

Bucket a tadpole and let it grow up in a cold biome (snowy plains, frozen peaks, deep dark or the End). Green cold frogs do not spawn naturally in cold biomes - they only come from tadpoles raised there.

Which frog makes which froglight?

Orange temperate frogs drop ochre froglights, white warm frogs drop pearlescent (purple), and green cold frogs drop verdant (green) - all from eating small magma cubes.

Can frog variants be bred?

Not directly - breeding produces frogspawn, and the offspring's variant is set by the biome where the tadpole matures, not by the parents.