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African Red Toad

Schismaderma carens

The African Red Toad is a colorful little creature that loves to hop around in warm places. With its bright red skin, it can be hard to miss! These toads are great at blending in with their surroundings.

Lebensraum: Savannas

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The African Red Toad is a robust amphibian with reddish-brown or grey-brown skin, often covered in darker spots or blotches. Unusually for a toad, its skin is relatively smooth rather than warty. It also has prominent parotid glands located behind its eyes.

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African Red Toad
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African Red Toad

Kategorie

Amphibien

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

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Interessante Fakten

African Red Toads have unusually smooth skin, unlike the warty skin found on most other toad species!

Male African Red Toads inflate a single, large vocal sac under their chin to make very loud mating calls!

Their tadpoles often swim together in massive, dense schools, looking like tiny underwater clouds!

These toads often breed in temporary puddles, requiring their tadpoles to grow up super fast!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Toxic Shield

African Red Toads have special glands behind their eyes that release a milky toxin to deter predators.

Fähigkeit

Burrow Master

African Red Toads can rapidly burrow backwards into soft soil using their powerful legs to hide from danger or dry weather.

Fähigkeit

Night Vision Hunter

African Red Toads possess excellent night vision, helping them find and ambush insects and other prey in the dark.

Maße und Details

Länge
7-10.5 cm
Gewicht
0.05-0.15 kg
Lebenserwartung
5-10 Jahre
Top Speed
0.2 km/h
Gelegegröße
2000-5000
Metamorphose
28-56 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

African Red Toads are insectivores, mostly eating bugs and other small invertebrates.

Altersunterschiede: Tadpoles are herbivorous or detritivorous, grazing on algae and decaying plant matter. Adults are carnivorous.

Hauptnahrung

  • Beetles
  • Crickets
  • Ants
  • Termites
  • Spiders

Nahrungssuche

  • Ambush

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Puff Adder

Bitis arietans

A common venomous snake predator.

eaten by

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Herons catch toads near water.

hunts

Two-spotted Cricket

Gryllus bimaculatus

Ambushes crickets hiding in grass.

hunts

Natal Termite

Macrotermes natalensis

Eats termites emerging from mounds.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

Always wash your hands after touching a toad, as their skin can have chemicals that might irritate your skin.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von African Red Toad?

7-10.5 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von African Red Toad?

0.05-0.15 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von African Red Toad?

5-10 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von African Red Toad?

0.2 km/h

Was frisst African Red Toad?

African Red Toads are insectivores, mostly eating bugs and other small invertebrates.

Wo findet man African Red Toad normalerweise?

Savannas

Wie jagt African Red Toad?

Ambush

Was ist der/die/das gelegegröße von African Red Toad?

2000-5000

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