Juan Jesús Gonzalez Ahumada (Spain) watches as toad tadpoles feast on a dead fledgling sparrow. Drama unfolded near Juan’s home when a newly fledged sparrow launched itself from a nest on his ...

Common toads and natterjack toads live in Britain ... and remain in their larval tadpole state as an adult. This means that axolotls retain their gills and can spend much more time in the water ...

This is because their tadpoles are poisonous to fish which gives them a greater chance of out-competing ... This is the natterjack toad — Bufo calamita. It can be distinguished from common toads by a ...

A carnivorous amphibian, the Puerto Rican crested toad feeds on a variety of arachnids and insects, including ants, beetles, crickets, and spiders. Tadpoles aren’t very picky either, and will ...

One of the most common amphibians in its primary range, oriental fire-bellied toads thrive in northeastern ... and their bellies are smooth. Tadpoles survive on algae, fungi, and plants, while ...