Answer: In my opinion the fingers are on the short side and also the design of the fingertip was also unique which may have something to do with it (less wasted space to push fingers into). Hope that helps a little...Additional: I'm usually an XL in gloves. I tried these in Size L because I really liked the specs and L was the largest size I could find ANYWHERE... Although I normally wear XL, sometimes if I borrow size L gloves they are a little tight in finger length, but do-able. With the amphibians in size L I could barely close my fingers into a fist. agreed i normally wear a size L but in these i wear an XLUpdate 12-3-08: I was fortunate to snag a pair of these in XL at the end of summer. And will say that they seem smaller than 'typical' XL gloves. Particularly on the middle and index finger lengths.