Giant Toad

Rhinella horribilis

The Giant Toad is a big, bumpy frog that loves to hop around! It can be found in warm places and is known for its loud croaks at night.

Lebensraum: Wetlands

Aussehen

The Giant Toad has rough, warty skin that is usually olive-brown, grey, or reddish-brown, often with darker spots. It has prominent bony ridges above its eyes and large, triangular poison glands behind its ears, making its head look broad.

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Giant Toad

Kategorie

Amphibien

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

3/5 · Mittel

Snaps

Mach den ersten Snap!

Interessante Fakten

Female Giant Toads can lay tens of thousands of eggs in a single string!

Giant Toads drink by absorbing water through special skin patches on their bellies!

Their loud, rumbling calls sound like a purring motor or a distant engine.

These amazing amphibians can live in both damp forests and dry grasslands!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Giant Toad can ooze a milky poison from glands behind its ears that makes predators very sick.

Giant Toad has bumpy, earth-toned skin that helps it blend perfectly into leaf litter and muddy environments.

Giant Toad has an enormous appetite, allowing it to eat almost anything that fits into its wide mouth.

Maße und Details

Länge: 10-24 cm
Gewicht: 0.5-1.5 kg
Lebenserwartung: 5-10 Jahre
Top Speed: 2 km/h
Gelegegröße: 8000-35000
Metamorphose: 14-49 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

This toad is a hungry hunter, eating insects, small animals, and even pet food left outside!

Altersunterschiede: Tadpoles are detritivores, eating algae and tiny bits of plants; adults become carnivores.

Hauptnahrung

beetles
ants
cockroaches
snails
small rodents
lizards

Nahrungssuche

Ambush

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Spectacled Caiman

Caiman crocodilus

Younger toads are prey for these large, wetland reptiles.

eaten by

Eastern Indigo Snake

Drymarchon corais

These snakes are often immune to toad toxins and eat them.

hunts

American Cockroach

Periplaneta americana

Toads frequently ambush and consume a variety of large insects.

hunts

House Mouse

Mus musculus

Giant Toads will opportunistically catch and eat small rodents.

Merkmale

Gefleckt

Mit Flecken oder farblich abgesetzten Bereichen gezeichnet.

Einzelgänger

Einzelgänger leben den größten Teil ihres Lebens allein und interagieren mit Artgenossen nur zur Paarung oder zur Aufzucht der Jungen.

Gesang

Singende Tiere erzeugen komplexe Lautäußerungen, oft um Partner anzulocken, ihr Revier zu verteidigen oder innerhalb ihrer Art zu kommunizieren.

Insektenfressend

Dieses Merkmal kennzeichnet Organismen, deren Nahrung hauptsächlich aus Insekten und anderen kleinen Wirbellosen besteht.

Feuchtgebiet

Dieses Lebensraummerkmal kennzeichnet Arten, die in Feuchtgebieten vorkommen. Dies sind Landflächen, die dauerhaft oder saisonal mit Wasser gesättigt sind, darunter Marschland, Sümpfe und Moore.