Category: Amphibians
This species is a large toad native to western North America. It will eat any kind of insect it can catch and is a powerful jumper though they prefer to walk. It inhabits a wide range of terrestrial habitats across its range but prefer to be near ponds, lakes, and other water sources within these habitats.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_toad
http://www.reptilesmagazine.com/Frog-Amphibian-Species/Western-Toad/
Only a Mother’s Love…
We are taught that toads leave their fertilized eggs in the water in long strings, which hatch into tadpoles, who live in the water until they grow legs and lungs and become toads. Sounds simple enough, right? Well, there always has to be an exception to the rule: the male Suriname toad implants eggs into the female’s back, which sink into her skin and forms pockets where the eggs eventually hatch into tadpoles. These tadpoles live on their mother’s back until transforming into toads, at which point they burrow out of her skin in a fascinating or horrifying (or both) display, depending on your perspective.
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