Pardon thy ignorance, but why was the frog chosen as the major symbol here? I did some quick searching but most results are around spiritual aspects. (Never been a reddit usr)

https://www.atshq.org/frog-symbolism/

I also recall it was slang for The French at one point.

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/430492/why-are-the-french-pejoratively-referred-to-as-frogs

Pepe is french so i see the connection, but so was the WB. skunk.