Super Mario 3D World not only altered Toad's overall appearance with his blue-spotted mushroom cap, but his Fire Toad form has also changed to become very similar in appearance to Fire Yellow Toad from the New Super Mario Bros. games with an orange mushroom cap and red spots while Toad sp...
Toadette is portrayed wearing a sleeveless pink dress with a thin white line near the bottom (except in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and the artwork for Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, where her dress is colored scarlet red with a thin yellow line). Layered on top of the dress is ...
Harlequin frogs, which are also known asvariegated toads (Atelopus), are found in South and Central America. They are commonly triangular-headed and have enlarged hind feet. Some are brightly coloured in black with yellow, red, or green. When molested, the small poisonousMelanophryniscus stelzne...
American toads have short legs and stout bodies like many other variations of this type of amphibian. However, one of the interesting facts about this specific creature is that they have warts that produce a milky liquid that is highly poisonous. Often red or yellow, warts decorate the toads’...
When attacked, common toads can also inflate their bodies, raise high on their legs and lower their heads to form a defensive stance.Common toads are often confused with natterjack toads and European green toads. However, natterjacks have a yellow stripe that runs along the lengths of their ...
The young frogs listened and stared; and as these words did not please them, they made grimaces8 and dived down under the water. But the little Toads9 kicked up their hind10 legs from mere11 pride, for each of them thought that he must have the jewel; and then they sat and held ...
3. The frog has a round body, short legs, and relatively large eyes. The short limbs reduce the surface area for water loss. 4. The body of the adult is between 1.8 and 2.6 inches in length. 5. Many members of the species have a yellow or light green skin covered with black and ...
Nest guarding and egg brooding has been described in salamanders of the generaPlethodonandHemidactylum. Themidwife toad,Alytes obstetricans, exhibits another breeding strategy. After amplexus and fertilization, the male toad wraps the strands of eggs around his legs. He carries the eggs with him ...
Male poison frogs, Epipedobates femoralis, attack models with pulsating vocal sacs. In a diurnal frog from Tanzania, Phrynobatrachus krefftii, males silently inflate their bright yellow vocal sacs as a visual signal (Figure 5). The vocal sac can also contribute to multimodal communication. Sign ...
The genus Ensatina consists of a single species with direct development. Ensatina range from southern British Columbia to northern Baja California. They are most famous for being a classic example of a ring species. Yellow-Eyed Ensatina from Santa Cruz County, CA. Close-up of the face of an...