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.

Hábitat: Wetlands

Aspecto

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.

ReinoAnimaliaFiloChordataClaseAmphibiaOrdenAnuraFamiliaBufonidaeGéneroBufo

Spiny Toad

Categoría

Anfibios

Rareza

Common

Peligro

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Datos interesantes

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.

Habilidades especiales

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

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

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

Medidas y detalles

Longitud: 10-18 cm
Peso: 0.05-0.25 kg
Esperanza de vida: 10-15 años
Top Speed: 0.5 km/h
Tamaño de la puesta: 2000-10000
Metamorfosis: 60-90 días

Dieta y alimentación

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

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

Alimentos principales

Earthworms
Slugs
Beetles
Spiders
Crickets
Ants

Método de búsqueda

Ambush

Conexiones ecológicas

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.

Rasgos

Solitario

Los animales solitarios viven solos durante la mayor parte de su vida y solo interactúan con otros para aparearse o cuidar de sus crías.

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.

Espinoso / Puntiagudo

Posee proyecciones puntiagudas y afiladas o espinas en el cuerpo o en la superficie.

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.