Use Toads to Get Rid of Insects in the Garden — No Matter Where you Live Eighteen species of true toads live in this country, with at least a few kinds to be found in every state in the union ...

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 ...

It’s not until it perceives a threat that this flashy amphibian reveals its true colors. Oriental fire-bellied toads secrete toxins from their skin, and they want potential predators to know it.

Image credit: Katie Mayhew / Silverback Films / BBC Historically, toads were known to begin their march around the pertinent date of Valentine’s Day. Toads rouse from their winter slumber when ...

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 ...