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Spiny Toad

Bufo spinosus

The Spiny Toad is a unique little creature with bumpy skin and spines that help protect it. It loves to hop around in damp places and can be found near ponds and streams.

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Spiny Toad is a large, stout amphibian with rough, warty skin that ranges from brown to olive-green or grey. It has prominent, kidney-shaped parotoid glands behind its golden, horizontally slit eyes. Its body is covered in small, spiny bumps.

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Spiny Toad
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Spiny Toad

Kategorie

Amphibien

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

During winter, Spiny Toads hibernate by burying themselves in mud or under logs for months!

Male Spiny Toads have special bumpy thumbs to help them hold onto females during mating!

Sometimes, a Spiny Toad will shed its entire skin and then eat it to recover nutrients!

These toads often have beautiful golden eyes with striking horizontal pupils.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Poisonous Defense

Spiny Toads can release a milky poison from glands behind their eyes that helps them deter predators.

Fähigkeit

Night Vision

Spiny Toads have large golden eyes with horizontal pupils that help them spot prey in low-light conditions.

Fähigkeit

Water Absorber

Spiny Toads can absorb water directly through special patches on their skin, rather than drinking.

Maße und Details

Länge
10-18 cm
Gewicht
0.05-0.25 kg
Lebenserwartung
10-15 Jahre
Top Speed
0.5 km/h
Gelegegröße
2000-10000
Metamorphose
60-90 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

Spiny Toads are mighty hunters who mostly eat creepy crawlies they find on land.

Altersunterschiede: Young tadpoles graze on algae and detritus, while adult toads hunt insects and other invertebrates.

Hauptnahrung

  • Earthworms
  • Slugs
  • Beetles
  • Spiders
  • Crickets
  • Ants

Nahrungssuche

  • Ambush

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Viperine Snake

Natrix maura

These snakes prey on toad tadpoles and juveniles.

eats

European Hedgehog

Erinaceus europaeus

Hedgehogs are immune to toad toxins and frequently hunt them.

hunts

Earthworm

Lumbricus terrestris

A primary food source, the toad catches worms with its sticky tongue.

hunts

Leopard Slug

Limax maximus

Slugs are slow-moving prey, easily caught by toads.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

Don't touch toads without asking an adult, as some can be sensitive to handling.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

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

10-18 cm

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

0.05-0.25 kg

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

10-15 Jahre

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

0.5 km/h

Was frisst Spiny Toad?

Spiny Toads are mighty hunters who mostly eat creepy crawlies they find on land.

Wo findet man Spiny Toad normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Spiny Toad?

Ambush

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

2000-10000

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