![]() He also has a tongue that acts like a prehensile tail, allowing Possesses incredible strength in his legs, allowing him to leap incredibleĭistances. The Toad was a good name for Toynbee because his mutant abilities. This is also when Toynbee acquired the code name the Toad. Toynbeeīecame Magneto's " yes man," often times abused when plans didn't go right. Magneto and particpated in Magneto's plans for world conquest. For this reason, Toynbee became one of the allies of Toynbee's early upbringing and traumatic childhood made him extremely needy and Thousands of mutants had been subjects of a group who were tracking human Years later, Toynbee would discover that he and He eventually ran away from the orphanage in which Stooped with a greenish tinge to his skin, Toynbee was The man who would one day be known as the Toad was born Mortimer Toynbee.īecause Toynbee's mutation was physical, he was mocked from an early age because In fact, many toads are poisonous, that's why you should always wash your hands after touching one.Ī villain published by Marvel Comics. The American toad has poison on its back that tastes terrible, and predators will spit it out right away. Some puff themselves full of air so they look bigger, others show their brightly colored bellies so they look scarier! Some use poison. ![]() But there are other ways that toads protect themselves besides blending in with their surroundings. He has a leaf like patch of yellow skin on his back. Most toads use camouflage to avoid getting caught, like the Cameroon Horned toad that lives in Africa. Because of that most toads have to be equipped with some sort of defense. ![]() Later its back legs get longer and its tail shrinks.īirds and snakes like to eat toads. After a few weeks the tadpole begins to grow legs and breathe air like its parents. When it hatches, the tadpole looks like a small fish. Some eggs hatch in one day, where as others take a few weeks. Fish and other animals like to eat toad eggs. But the Midwife toad carries them on its back, that way they're safe from danger. Most toads put their eggs in long strings at the bottom of a lake, or string them around marsh plants. The females lay up to 30000 soft, clear eggs. To make these sounds the toad puffs air into a huge vocal sac under his chin. The louder a male sings the most likely he is to attract a mate. Because of this, most toads are nocturnal. If their body loses too much water, they die. Toads don't like the sun to much because it dries out their bodies. The toad hibernates until warmer weather comes because it's cold blooded and cannot generate its own body heat. The toad stays in its burrow for a few weeks and only comes out if it's wet or rainy. The Spade foot toad uses its feet to dig a burrow backwards in the soil. Toads live almost everywhere except for the North and South poles: they enjoy warm, moist places. They eat all those pesky insects that may be harmful to their crops. They have no teeth so they're forced to swallow their food whole. Most toads catch their food on the end of their long, sticky tongue. They can't really see the creature if it's not moving. One toad could eat 100 flies in only ten minutes! The toad only eats its prey when it's alive and moving. Toads are predators and eat mostly insects and worms. And the insect rate is increased because the toads aren't around to eat them. As toads die, the animals that eat them disappear too. Farming and buildings destroy their homes and water and soil pollution make them sick. They also have excellent hearing so they can hear your foot steps from very far away. These large eyes are very good at seeing on land and in the water. The skin comes in many different colors, but their eyes are usually black. But the oak toad is one inch long, and the giant toad is almost ten inches! Most toads are about three inches long and spend most of their time on dry land. But you cannot get warts by touching a toad. They are also scattered with large bumps called warts. They use these legs to crawl around and only hop when they think they're in danger. Frogs have small thin bodies with long smooth legs, where as toads have small fat bodies and shorter thick legs. Some details about amphibians are: they breathe air through lungs and skin, they're cold blooded, they have scaleless skin, they lay their eggs in moist places and at birth do not look like their parents.įrogs and toads are similar, but not exactly the same. The most common amphibians are frogs and toads. Amphibians were the first vertebrate (animals with back bones) to leave water and come live on land. Amphibian means "double life" which means they spend the first part of their life under water breathing through gills.
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