According to new research, populations of the common toad (Bufo bufo), are declining at dangerous rates in the United Kingdom and Switzerland. The common toad is no longer as common as it used to be.

Volunteers surveying dormice and bats in trees have made the unexpected discovery of over fifty common toads in nest boxes and tree cavities at least 1.5 meters high. Volunteers surveying dormice and ...

Common toads, with their heavy-set bodies and short limbs, are regarded as typical terrestrial amphibians. “There is no shortage of papers on common toads; they are a very well-studied species,” says ...

The UK's toad population could be facing a bleak future because of a deadly fungal disease. The deadly chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is highly effective at causing extinctions ...

An Ocellated Kukri Snake (Vietnam) first pierced this poisonous Asian common toad and buried its head deeply into the abdomen of the amphibian, as it was probably eating the organs. However, as seen ...

(WFRV) – It’s Amphibian Week, and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is hopping into celebration by spotlighting one of the state’s most helping, and often misunderstood, residents: the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Widespread amphibian declines and habitat fragmentation, coupled with advancements in tracking, have sparked increased emphasis on studying ...