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.

Hábitat: Wetlands

Aspecto

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

Categoría

Anfibios

Rareza

Common

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Datos interesantes

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!

Habilidades especiales

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

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

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

Medidas y detalles

Longitud: 5-9 cm
Peso: 0.01-0.07 kg
Esperanza de vida: 7-12 años
Top Speed: 0.5 km/h
Tamaño de la puesta: 2000-15000
Metamorfosis: 40-70 días

Dieta y alimentación

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

Diferencias por edad: Tadpoles are herbivorous, eating algae and detritus, while adult toads are carnivorous.

Alimentos principales

beetles
ants
spiders
slugs
worms

Método de búsqueda

Ambush

Conexiones ecológicas

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.

Rasgos

Manchado

Marcado con manchas o parches de un color diferente.

Social

Los animales sociales viven en grupos organizados, cooperando para obtener beneficios de supervivencia como la búsqueda de alimento, la defensa y la cría de descendencia.

Camuflado

El camuflaje describe a los organismos que poseen colores o patrones que les permiten mezclarse con su entorno.

Insectívoro

Este rasgo identifica a los organismos cuya dieta consiste principalmente en insectos y otros pequeños invertebrados.

Humedal

Este rasgo de hábitat identifica especies que se encuentran en humedales, que son áreas de tierra saturadas de agua, ya sea permanente o estacionalmente, e incluyen marismas, pantanos y ciénagas.