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western toad

The Western Toad

  • 12 June, 2025
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The western toad is a larger species native to western North America & Mexico. These toads are known for their ability to jump large distances, for a toad. These critters face many threats like habitat loss and destruction at the hands of

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common Indian toad

The Common Indian Toad

  • 17 June, 2024
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The common Indian toad, aka Asian black-spined toad, Asian toad, black-spectacled toad, Asian common toad, common sunda toad, or Javanese toad, can be found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Macao, India, Indonesia,

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natterjack toad

The Natterjack Toad

  • 22 March, 2024
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The natterjack toad is native to 17 European countries. These are the only toads native to Ireland. They prefer heathland and sandy habitats. Even though they face the threats of habitat destruction at the hands of logging,

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Majorcan midwife toad

The Majorcan Midwife Toad

  • 26 February, 2024
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The Majorcan midwife toad, aka ferreret or Mallorcan midwife toad, hails only from the mountainous regions and gorges of the Serra de Tramuntana, in Balearic Island of Majorca in the Mediterranean Sea. They prefer streams in

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bleeding toad

The Bleeding Toad

  • 7 February, 2024
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The bleeding toad, aka fire toad or Indonesian tree toad, hails only from western Java, the Mount Gede Pangrango National Park area, and from Mount Halimun Salak National Park. They prefer boundary zones between the moist

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American toad

The American Toad

  • 13 January, 2023
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The American toad is commonly found throughout eastern Canada and the eastern United States. There are 3 currently identified subspecies: the dwarf, eastern, and the hard to find Hudson Bay toad. Due to

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common toad

The Beloved Common Toad

  • 4 November, 2022
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The common toad, aka European toad or simply toad, can be found throughout Europe, sans northern Scotland, Iceland, and on the Mediterranean islands. They prefer swamps, marshes, grasslands,

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Oriental fire-bellied toad

The Oriental Fire-Bellied Toad

  • 10 January, 2022
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The Oriental fire-bellied toad hails from China. There are 6 known species of fire-bellied toads in all. But this article will be on the Oriental species. They prefer rainforests, marshes, wetlands

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spadefoot toad

The Spadefoot Toad

  • 14 February, 2020
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The spadefoot toad gets its name from the hard, keratinous projections on their hind feet, which aid in digging backwards into the soil. They can be found in or around irrigation waters

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Sonoran desert toad

The Sonoran Desert Toad

  • 30 August, 2019
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The Sonoran desert toad is Arizona’s largest toad and one of the largest toads in North America. These toads are notorious for their poisonous paratoid glands behind their eyes, on

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