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Green Toad

Bufotes viridis

The Green Toad is a small, friendly amphibian with a bumpy green skin. They love to hop around in wet places and can be found near ponds and streams.

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Green Toad has a warty body with distinctive green patches, blotches, or spots on a grey, beige, or pale background. It possesses prominent yellow or greenish-yellow eyes with horizontal pupils, making it unique among common toads.

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Green Toad
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Green Toad

Kategorie

Amphibien

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Green Toads can live to be over 10 years old, sometimes even 20 in safe habitats!

Their unique call sounds more like a bird's trilling whistle than a typical toad croak!

These toads have special bumpy glands that release a stinky, yucky goo if they feel threatened!

Unlike most amphibians, Green Toads can survive in slightly salty water!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Camouflage Master

Green Toad can change its skin color to blend perfectly with its surroundings, which helps them hide from predators and sneak up on prey.

Fähigkeit

Poisonous Skin Shield

Green Toad has glands in its skin that release a mild toxin, which helps them taste bad and deter most predators.

Fähigkeit

Water Absorber

Green Toad can absorb water through its skin from damp soil, because it helps them stay hydrated without needing to drink.

Maße und Details

Länge
5-9 cm
Gewicht
0.01-0.07 kg
Lebenserwartung
7-12 Jahre
Top Speed
0.5 km/h
Gelegegröße
2000-15000
Metamorphose
40-70 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

These bug-eating toads feast on small creepy-crawlies they can catch with their sticky tongue!

Altersunterschiede: Tadpoles are herbivorous, eating algae and detritus, while adult toads are carnivorous.

Hauptnahrung

  • beetles
  • ants
  • spiders
  • slugs
  • worms

Nahrungssuche

  • Ambush

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Grass Snake

Natrix natrix

Snakes are common predators of adult toads.

eaten by

White Stork

Ciconia ciconia

Large birds like storks can prey on toads.

eaten by

Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes

Mammalian predators, like foxes, hunt toads.

hunts

Red Wood Ant

Formica rufa

Green Toads consume various ant species.

hunts

Ground Beetle

Carabus nemoralis

Beetles are a significant part of their diet.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always wash your hands after touching a toad, as their skin can be sensitive.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Green Toad?

5-9 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Green Toad?

0.01-0.07 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Green Toad?

7-12 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Green Toad?

0.5 km/h

Was frisst Green Toad?

These bug-eating toads feast on small creepy-crawlies they can catch with their sticky tongue!

Wo findet man Green Toad normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Green Toad?

Ambush

Was ist der/die/das gelegegröße von Green Toad?

2000-15000

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