"Asian Common Toad"

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21 October 2024

An Asian Toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus), also known as the Asian Black-spined Toad or Asian Common Toad, is seen hiding behind a round clay pot at Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on October 21, 2024. The toad's thick, dry skin, cranial ridges, and prominent parotid glands, which secrete a milky white toxin called bufotoxin, make it both well-camouflaged and protected in its environment. In a fun and defensive manner, the toad blends into the background, almost resembling a snail due to its position and coloring. Found throughout South and Southeast Asia, this species is known for its toxic defense mechanism and adaptability.

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21 October 2024

An Asian Toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus), also known as the Asian Black-spined Toad or Asian Common Toad, is seen hiding behind a round clay pot at Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on October 21, 2024. The toad's thick, dry skin, cranial ridges, and prominent parotid glands, which secrete a milky white toxin called bufotoxin, make it both well-camouflaged and protected in its environment. In a fun and defensive manner, the toad blends into the background, almost resembling a snail due to its position and coloring. Found throughout South and Southeast Asia, this species is known for its toxic defense mechanism and adaptability.

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#11690805

21 October 2024

An Asian Toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus), also known as the Asian Black-spined Toad or Asian Common Toad, is seen hiding behind a round clay pot at Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on October 21, 2024. The toad's thick, dry skin, cranial ridges, and prominent parotid glands, which secrete a milky white toxin called bufotoxin, make it both well-camouflaged and protected in its environment. In a fun and defensive manner, the toad blends into the background, almost resembling a snail due to its position and coloring. Found throughout South and Southeast Asia, this species is known for its toxic defense mechanism and adaptability.

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#11690806

21 October 2024

An Asian Toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus), also known as the Asian Black-spined Toad or Asian Common Toad, is seen hiding behind a round clay pot at Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on October 21, 2024. The toad's thick, dry skin, cranial ridges, and prominent parotid glands, which secrete a milky white toxin called bufotoxin, make it both well-camouflaged and protected in its environment. In a fun and defensive manner, the toad blends into the background, almost resembling a snail due to its position and coloring. Found throughout South and Southeast Asia, this species is known for its toxic defense mechanism and adaptability.

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#11690807

21 October 2024

An Asian Toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus), also known as the Asian Black-spined Toad or Asian Common Toad, is seen hiding behind a round clay pot at Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on October 21, 2024. The toad's thick, dry skin, cranial ridges, and prominent parotid glands, which secrete a milky white toxin called bufotoxin, make it both well-camouflaged and protected in its environment. In a fun and defensive manner, the toad blends into the background, almost resembling a snail due to its position and coloring. Found throughout South and Southeast Asia, this species is known for its toxic defense mechanism and adaptability.

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#11690808

21 October 2024

An Asian Toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus), also known as the Asian Black-spined Toad or Asian Common Toad, is seen hiding behind a round clay pot at Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on October 21, 2024. The toad's thick, dry skin, cranial ridges, and prominent parotid glands, which secrete a milky white toxin called bufotoxin, make it both well-camouflaged and protected in its environment. In a fun and defensive manner, the toad blends into the background, almost resembling a snail due to its position and coloring. Found throughout South and Southeast Asia, this species is known for its toxic defense mechanism and adaptability.

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#11690809

21 October 2024

An Asian Toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus), also known as the Asian Black-spined Toad or Asian Common Toad, is seen hiding behind a round clay pot at Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on October 21, 2024. The toad's thick, dry skin, cranial ridges, and prominent parotid glands, which secrete a milky white toxin called bufotoxin, make it both well-camouflaged and protected in its environment. In a fun and defensive manner, the toad blends into the background, almost resembling a snail due to its position and coloring. Found throughout South and Southeast Asia, this species is known for its toxic defense mechanism and adaptability.

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#11690810

21 October 2024

An Asian Toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus), also known as the Asian Black-spined Toad or Asian Common Toad, is seen hiding behind a round clay pot at Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on October 21, 2024. The toad's thick, dry skin, cranial ridges, and prominent parotid glands, which secrete a milky white toxin called bufotoxin, make it both well-camouflaged and protected in its environment. In a fun and defensive manner, the toad blends into the background, almost resembling a snail due to its position and coloring. Found throughout South and Southeast Asia, this species is known for its toxic defense mechanism and adaptability.

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#11690811

21 October 2024

An Asian Toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus), also known as the Asian Black-spined Toad or Asian Common Toad, is seen hiding behind a round clay pot at Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on October 21, 2024. The toad's thick, dry skin, cranial ridges, and prominent parotid glands, which secrete a milky white toxin called bufotoxin, make it both well-camouflaged and protected in its environment. In a fun and defensive manner, the toad blends into the background, almost resembling a snail due to its position and coloring. Found throughout South and Southeast Asia, this species is known for its toxic defense mechanism and adaptability.

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4 July 2023

The checkered keelback (Fowlea piscator), is also known commonly as the Asiatic water snake in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Asia. It is non-venomous. The checkered keelback is a medium-sized snake but may grow to be large. Adults may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 1.75 m (5.7 ft). Though it is non-venomous to humans, it can deliver a painful bite that is inflammatory. Late at night, a checkered keelback snake hunted an Asian common toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus) and ate on the dark road next to the forest at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on 02/07/2023.

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2 June 2022

Common Asian Toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus) in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala, India during the monsoon season on May 09, 2022.

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2 June 2022

Common Asian Toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus) in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala, India during the monsoon season on May 09, 2022.

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