Bufo bufo
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Common Toad

 

ORDER: Anura
FAMILY: Bufonidae
LENGTH: 50-150 mm

BREEDING SEASON:
J F M A M J J A S O N D

CHARACTERISTICS: rugged skin; brownish back and lighter abdomen; copper-coloured iris.
FOOD: large variety of invertebrates.
ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR: terrestrial when adult; hunts using a ‘sit-and-wait’ strategy; thousands of eggs are laid as ‘strings’ in the water.

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