Eye see you
by Marnie Patchett
Title
Eye see you
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Marnie Patchett
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Photograph - Photograph
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We have baby toads in the back yard so I had one pose for me. He wasn't very cooperative.
A distinction between frogs and toads is not made in scientific taxonomy, but is common in popular culture (folk taxonomy), in which toads are associated with drier skin and more terrestrial habitats than animals commonly called frogs.
The toad tends to walk rather then hop. As with, it can secrete a sticky white poison from its warts and skin glands. Though not deadly it can irritate the eyes and cause illness if swallowed, but will not cause warts. It is dusky-gray or greenish above with “warts” set in dark blotches and often tinged with rust and has a white or cream colored dorsal stripe. Its croak is weak and sounds like the peeping of baby chicks.
Mating takes place from January to July. Egg strings are attached to vegetation in shallow, still water. One female may lay 16,000 eggs a year. The eggs hatch into tiny black tadpoles; changing through metamorphosis, they develop legs and loose their tail to become toads.
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