Toad Trivia
What is the difference between a frog and a toad?
Answer: Toads have dry, warty skin, while frogs have smooth, moist skin.
What is the scientific name for the common toad?
Answer: Bufo bufo.
What is the name of the toxin that some toads secrete
from their skin?
Answer: Bufotoxin.
What is the lifespan of a toad?
Answer: Depending on the species, toads can live up to 10-20 years.
How many species of toads are there worldwide?
Answer: There are over 600 species of toads.
What is the largest species of toad?
Answer: The largest species of toad is the cane toad (Rhinella marina),
which can grow up to 9 inches long.
What is the smallest species of toad?
Answer: The smallest species of toad is the Monte Iberia eleuth
(Eleutherodactylus iberia), which is less than 1 inch long.
What is the purpose of the bumps on a toad's skin?
Answer: The bumps on a toad's skin serve as a defense mechanism by making
them harder for predators to swallow.
How do toads breathe?
Answer: Toads breathe through their skin.
What is the name for a group of toads?
Answer: A knot of toads.
How do toads mate?
Answer: Male toads climb onto the backs of female toads and release sperm as
the female lays eggs.
How long do toad tadpoles take to metamorphose into
adults?
Answer: Depending on the species and environmental conditions, it can take
anywhere from a few weeks to several years.
What is the common diet of a toad?
Answer: Toads eat insects and other small invertebrates.
How do toads protect themselves from predators?
Answer: Toads protect themselves with their
poisonous skin and ability to
blend into their surroundings.
What is the largest organ in a toad's body?
Answer: The liver is the largest organ in a toad's body.
What is the difference between a toad and a horned
toad?
Answer: Horned toads, also known as horned lizards, are not true toads and
belong to a different family of lizards.
How do toads hibernate?
Answer: Toads hibernate by burying themselves in mud or leaf litter.
What is the name of the toad in "The Wind in the
Willows"?
Answer: The toad
True or false: All toads are frogs.
Answer: False
What is the main difference between frogs and toads?
Answer: Toads have drier, bumpier skin while frogs have smoother, moister
skin.
What is the common name for the largest toad species in
the world?
Answer: Cane toad
Where are cane toads native to?
Answer: South and Central America
What country introduced cane toads to Australia?
Answer: Australia introduced cane toads to itself.
What is the reason that cane toads were introduced to
Australia?
Answer: To control the cane beetle population.
Where are the glands that produce bufotoxin located on
a toad's body?
Answer: Behind the eyes
True or false: All toads are poisonous.
Answer: False
What is the name of the famous toad character in the
Super Mario Bros. video game series?
Answer: Toad
What is the name of the toad species that is commonly
kept as a pet?
Answer: Fire-bellied toad
What is the common name for the toad species Anaxyrus
americanus?
Answer: American toad
What is the name of the toad species that is commonly
used in traditional Chinese medicine?
Answer: Bufo bufo gargarizans
What is the name of the toad character in Kenneth
Grahame's book "The Wind in the Willows"?
Answer: Mr. Toad
