common toad
European toad

The common toad reaches maturity at three to seven years.

There are parts of its range where the common toad seems to be in decline.

The following habitats are found across the Common toad distribution range.

In the wild, common toads are thought to live for about ten to twelve years.

He's just a common toad, like the rest of us."

Ponds and other wetland areas are home to the common toad.

The common toad usually moves by walking rather slowly or in short jumps using all four legs.

The common toad comes out of hibernation in spring.

On occasion, the common toad sheds its skin which comes away in tattered pieces.

They are different from Common Toads because they have a yellow line down the middle of the back.

Common toads can live for many years.

Smooth Newt and Common Toad were both reported in 1996.

He used the methodological knowledge acquired to begin recording neurons from the visual system of the common toad.

The common toad hops clumsily along and is incapable of making a sudden dart for cover.

Male common toads do compete for females, and in general, the biggest males (those with the deepest voices) are the most successful.

The common toad tends to be sexually dimorphic.

Adults are 60-70 mm in length and are distinguished from common toads by a yellow line down the middle of the back.

Periodically, the common toad sheds its skin.

The common toad emerges from hibernation in spring and there is a mass migration towards the breeding sites.

While it is a very common toad in Taiwan, habitat loss is a threat to it.

Numerous amphibians (Common toads, newts and frogs) are found in and along the river.

The paratoid glands of both are parallel rather than slanting as in the common toad.

The common frog, common toad and common lizard all occur on the reserve.

The Great Plains toad, the most common toad in the park, prefers grasslands.

Thousands of common toads are killed by traffic, distressing passers by and alarming conservationists.

The common toad or European toad (Bufo bufo) is an amphibian.

He began by observing the natural prey catching behavior of the common European toad (Bufo bufo).

Bufotalin can be extracted from the skin parotid glands of the Common European toad (Bufo bufo).

The common toad (Bufo bufo) or European toad is an amphibian widespread throughout Europe, with the exception of Iceland, Ireland and some Mediterranean islands.

Bufotalin is a cardiotoxic bufanolide steroid, cardiac glycoside analogue, secreted by the Common European toad (Bufo bufo) and other related toads such as Bufo melanostictus.

The common European toad, when it meets a snake, inflates its body and stands on tip-toe, a procedure that makes it appear to have grown suddenly and that seems to baffle most of the snakes that encounter it.

Reports from Norway of a sharp drop in numbers of the common toad, bufo bufo, are raising fears that European toad populations may be following the trend of sudden unexplained declines in frog and toad species already recorded in other parts of the world.

Working with Andrew Robins and Lesley J. Rogers of the University of New England in New South Wales, Australia, the researchers tested the ability of the European toads to remove either a plastic balloon wrapped around their heads or a strip of paper stuck to their noses.