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Toads
Toads are a dry leathery amphibian. Their bumpy texture helps them to blend in with their environment.
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Do you need a light if you have fire belly toads?
well if you want to feed them in the winter use it if not turn the heat down on the lamp or turn it of at noon or when you get home from school!!!!!!!!!!!!!
they usually prefer black ones but not the small ones the big ones ther like a
0.4 cm long
ur toad will love em !!
As late as 1994, five years after the last sighting, researchers still hoped that B. periglenes continued to live in underground burrows, as similar toad species have lifespans of up to twelve years.[5] By 2004 IUCN listed the species as extinct, after an evaluation involving Savage (who had first discovered them 38 years earlier). IUCN's extinction was based on the lack of sightings since 1989 and the "extensive search[ing]" that had been done since without result.[3] Tim Flannery describes the extinction of the golden toad as Costa Rica's first extinction due to global warming,[4] but this is not the only explanation for the loss of the species that has been put forward. Jennifer Neville examines the different hypotheses explaining the extinction of the golden toad in her article "The Case of the Golden Toad: Weather Patterns Lead to Decline". Neville comes to the conclusion that Crump's El Niño hypothesis is "clearly support[ed]" by the available data.[5] IUCN gives numerous possible reasons in its description of the past threats to the species, including "[the golden toad's] restricted range, global warming, chytridiomycosis and airborne pollution".[3] Neville also mentions arguments that an increase in UV-B radiation, fungus or parasites, or lowered pH levels contributed to the Golden Toad's extirpation.[5] It has also been hypothesized that an invasive species, not native to the area, could have caused the extinction. Theorists claim that tourists brought this invasive species to Costa Rica. The years prior to the extinction of the golden toad, tourism grew exponentially in Costa Rica fueled by the new relative stability of the Costa Rican government and improved relations with the United States. Programs such as Peace Corps brought thousands of Americans to Costa Rica in this time period. Specifically, species from cold regions such as Chicago could thrive in warm climates. The introduction of a new species could have had detrimental effects on the small, golden toad populations. B. periglenes would have lacked much variation in genes due to restrictive nature of breeding within the same population. The mutation necessary to survive the new invasive species could have been lacking in B. periglenes. Pictures from one such Peace Corps volunteer, Peter Jude LoPresti, verify over 8 golden toads seen only months before their documented extinction. Invasive species theory could account for the rapidity of the golden toad's extinction
What do cane toad tadpoles eat?
Anything, in quantity. Well, except cane beetles. Introduced to Australia in 1935 as an attempt to reduce the populations of cane beetles, the cane toad Bufo marinus has been an environmental disaster. It has become so widespread and populous mainly because it will eat anything that moves. Insects, earthworms, small frogs and lizards and even rodents and small birds will be eaten. The tadpoles are arguably more damaging than the adults. They form vast swarms, eating everything and causing native fish and frog tadpoles to starve. Toads will eat cane beetles, and this is why laboratory experiments suggested them as a means of biological control. But they will only eat them when desperately hungry and offered nothing else. In a real environment with natural, far more palatable foods - they eat that instead.
No, cane toads do not kill humans. You could pick one up if you really wanted to.
What type of metamorphosis do toads go through?
When the butterfly egg hatches, a tiny caterpillar comes out of it. The caterpillar (also called a larva) feeds and grows, and changes its skin a few times (about 3 to 6 times, four in most kinds of butterfly) until it reaches its largest size.
Each time it changes its skin, we say the caterpillar is in a new instar).
Then the caterpillar of most kinds of butterfly will make a silken pad to hold onto with its hind legs, and many kinds also make a silken belt to hold themselves in place like a safety belt.
Then the larva changes its skin and its shape and turns into a pupa, which does not have any obvious legs or wings. Inside the pupa it grows all the extra things a grown-up butterfly needs.
When that is done, it changes its skin for the last time and out comes a soft, misshapen adult butterfly (the adult also is called the imago). The imago pumps itself up into shape with its own blood and perhaps with some air it swallowed, and hardens its skin to hold its new shape, and that is the end of its metamorphosis.
If nothing goes wrong, the butterfly imago then will find a food plant for its own larvae (one larva, two larvae) to eat, and it will lay new eggs there.
Such a metamorphosis: Egg, Larva (caterpillar with its instars), Pupa, and Imago, is what we call a
Complete metamorphosis.
Some other kinds of insects, such as grasshoppers, do not have a complete metamorphosis -- they do not form a pupa. We say that they have an incomplete metamorphosis, but that is not a very good name, because they complete their metamorphosis to become adults. All that an incomplete metamorphosis means is that they do not form a pupa at any time.
How much does the American toad eat a day?
I feed my americans any thing smaller than them and moves so dont put tinys ones and big ones
What is so unique about the cane toad?
Well the cane toads were actually introduced by the Austrailian government to get rid of the cane magets that were hurting the cane farmers crops. However, the never actually did this and spread rapidly through out the country. They found the solution to the magets years later and got rid of them with pesticide. Also, this doesn't relate to the question, but all the cane toads in Australia originate from the 12 originals that were brought to the country.
They use their back feet which they have alot of muscle strenght in the back legs
What do you do with toad eggs?
Nothing, leave them where they are and nature will take care of the rest.
The tadpole was as small as a fly; it had hardly developed.
They won't move and after a few days they will start to rot and look like they have somthing growing on them.
Are toads warm blooded or cold blooded?
Yes; they are amphibians. This means that their body temperatures adapt to their enviroment. For housed toads, the temperature should usually range from 69-88 degrees, as their body is adapted to it's captivity.
Yes, pet toads will hibernate by burrowing themselves in the dirt. Though I've heard that if you keep your pet toad warm during the winter like it would be during the summer then it won't hibernate, but won't live as long.
Why do tadpoles lose their tails when they grow up?
they don't really fall off, more accurately they are slowly absorbed by a frogs body as they change it gradually grows shorter until it disappears, Occasionally small frogs are found stil in development with a tiny stub of remaining tail
What do toads do during the day?
Toads are mostly nocturnal.Every night I go outside with my sister and we catch toads at like,10:00 PM and there are a lot out there.They do come out in the morning too but they are very hard to find because they try to sit very still and blend in with the plants around them.
Do fire belly toads give you warts?
No, I don't believe that's ever happened: warts are just a natural part of toad's anatomy. I'm not sure how they could spread to yours.
A much more accurate answer
Warts are a dermatological condition caused by a virus, so toads don't actually have real warts.
Toads have swellings on their skin which wrongly came to be called "warts" because they looked a lot like a bad case of warts!
No. You can not get warts from a toad. The growths on the toad's skin are not infections.
No, that is not true, people like your parents will say that because they don't want you to touch them because they may look icky, but I'd be careful of which toads I touch because some are poisonous. But I know that the Fowler's toad is safe, and toads that are poisonous have puffed cheeks.
Not really, just some old folklore from those regions.
No. Toads can NOT give you warts. It's a myth.
No, that's just an old wives' tale.
No. Warts are caused by viruses, and that particular virus isn't carried by toads. Some toads are slightly toxic though, so they might be able to cause some temporary skin irritation. Most people might tell you that a toad does cause warts, but that is just a myth. Toads are wart free.
Even though many people believe this, the answer is No. Toads do not cause warts.
No!
Rich people don't give money neither...
Nice don't give beauty....etc
Toads and frogs usually hibernate during winter months. They bury themselves under mud and are frozen. When it gets warmer, they thaw out and continue living. This is why you never hear them at night when it's cold season. For those toads and frogs who live in warmer climates, they eat the same things. All of their food is around year round, since the seasons don't really affect weather that much.
well the answer is yes because they can survive in water and it's the enviorment
small insects. Toads love things like gnats, flies, mosquitoes, slugs and so they are very helpful in the garden.
