The impressive croak sac on a South American common toad [also known as the crested toad; part of the Rhinella margaritifera species complex] photographed by Jean-Pierre Vacher. The stripe down it’s back serves as subtle but effective camouflage on the forest floor, as demonstrated in this video:
This burgundy beauty is an African giant toad [also known as the Congo toad, Amietophrynus superciliaris], a true toad found throughout western and central Africa. Due to its enormous range many have suggested that African giant toads are actually a species complex composed of three or more extremely similar, but slightly different, species. Despite the fact that the toad has a status of “least concern” on the IUCN Red List, their sale in international trade was made illegal in 1975, out of fear that their unique looks would cause them to be over-harvested for the pet trade. Images by Arkive.org.
This kid hopped right into my shoe and proceeded to angrily sing to me when I picked it up.
I have never met such a talkative toad! Usually they just pee on me.
When a male toad is held a certain way they chirp. Why? Because it’s hard for toads to determine the sex of other toads. So if a male is mounted by another male, he chirps to alert him to the fact that babies will not be resulting from this, Uh. Encounter.
Basically that toad is telling you “listen I’m not gonna jump to get away but you should know I contain zero (0) eggs”
Now, I normally avoid posting stock photos for obvious reasons, but the emotion in this toad’s face is impossible to pass up. This is a Great Plains toad [Anaxyrus cognatus] in a defensive stance in a parking lot in New Mexico. This pose is meant to intimidate and deter predators. Image by Alamy.com.
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