Wyoming toad

Anaxyrus baxteri

The Wyoming toad is a special little frog that loves to live in wet places. It has a bumpy skin and can be found hopping around in the grass and mud near ponds.

Lebensraum: Wetlands

Aussehen

The Wyoming toad has grey-green to dark brown warty skin, often with darker spots and a pale stripe down its back. It possesses prominent parotoid glands behind its eyes. This toad is distinct from other toads by its slightly flattened head and lack of pronounced cranial crests.

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Wyoming toad

Kategorie

Amphibien

Seltenheit

Epic

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Male toads sing loud, trilling songs to attract mates during springtime.

These toads spend chilly winters buried deep in the mud to stay warm.

They were thought to be extinct until a small group was found in 1991!

Wyoming toads are only found in a tiny part of Wyoming, nowhere else on Earth!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Wyoming toad has special glands that release a bad-tasting poison, which helps them deter predators.

Wyoming toad can blend into its muddy and grassy home because of its mottled skin patterns.

Wyoming toad can quickly snatch insects with its long, sticky tongue, which helps them catch fast prey.

Maße und Details

Länge: 5-7 cm
Gewicht: 0.028-0.056 kg
Lebenserwartung: 5-10 Jahre
Top Speed: 0.5 km/h
Gelegegröße: 1000-6000
Metamorphose: 30-45 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

These toads are expert bug hunters, feasting on small insects they find on land.

Altersunterschiede: Tadpoles primarily graze on algae and detritus in the water before becoming insect-eating adults.

Hauptnahrung

Beetles
Ants
Flies
Grasshoppers
Crickets
Spiders

Nahrungssuche

Ambush

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Terrestrial Garter Snake

Thamnophis elegans

Snakes are common predators of adult toads and juveniles.

eaten by

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Raptors prey on toads when they are active near water.

eats

Red Wood Ant

Formica rufa

Ants are a primary food source for foraging Wyoming toads.

eats

Two-striped Grasshopper

Melanoplus bivittatus

Grasshoppers are a significant food source for these insectivores.

Merkmale

Einzelgänger

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

Getarnt

Getarnt beschreibt Organismen, die über eine Färbung oder Musterung verfügen, durch die sie mit ihrer Umgebung verschmelzen.

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.