In a nature reserve of southern China, a “horned” creature with over 250 “creamy white” eggs sat on the ground near a stream.

The insider continues, “His neck is the worst. A toad has better skin than Kevin. But he seems oblivious to the harm all ...

whereas frogs have generally smooth or slimy skin. The uneven, warty texture helps protect a toad from dehydration and also serves as camouflage. Some toads even have glands on their skin that ...

The habitat of this endemic species is threatened by climate change and by some of the other problems denounced in the album ...

You can not get warts from touching a frog or toad. Warts are a virus and they're ... the virus is transferred through a break in the skin. This is one reason why children, who are more prone ...

Named for the bony crests above its large, golden eyes, this toad is also identifiable by an upturned snout and bumpy skin that feels like it’s covered in pebbles. Males are olive green with ...

From above, the oriental fire-bellied toad seems fairly nondescript—a green ... Oriental fire-bellied toads secrete toxins from their skin, and they want potential predators to know it.

The Dixie Valley toad has tan and black-specked “parotoid glands” — external skin glands on their backs, necks, and shoulders. • This animal is one of the smallest in the “true toad” family. • The ...

Once considered a common western garden amphibian, the large, warty boreal toad has recently experienced dramatic population declines, suffering across its U.S. range from threats like habitat ...

Like tilapia skin, milkfish skin may also be better than pig and toad skin, which carry a higher risk of animal disease infections. It also overcomes cultural and religious restrictions associated ...

Another Leptobrachella xishuiensis, or Xishui leaf-litter toad. Photos from Tao Luo via Luo, Zhao, Wang, Lan, Xiao, Deng, Xiao and Zhou (2025) The new species was identified by its DNA, body size, ...