Toads are frogs that, due to the nature of their coarse dry skin ... Toads use all sorts of water bodies to deposit their long strings of eggs. Since hatching and tadpole development can be completed ...

Tadpoles also eat eggs from mosquitos, helping to reduce the population of these disease-spreading insects. Without frogs and ...

Toads are usually larger than frogs and have dry, bumpy skin, and short legs. Both toads and frogs lay eggs protected by jelly which is called 'spawn'. Tadpoles hatch from the spawn before turning ...

As I wrote last week, as spring unfolds, the avian chorus grows, but it won't reach its full volume until mid-May when the ...

Toads lay a long double string of eggs that are black in color, unlike the mass of eggs laid by frogs. After that, the parents begin to depart the pond. The spawn they leave behind takes around 16 ...

Amphibians, such as frogs, toads and newts, use ponds mainly for breeding. They spend the rest of their time hunting in damp, earthy places. Amphibian eggs and tadpoles can only survive in water, but ...