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[justin shockey]

thats one big toad thats sweet

[Kurt]

I, personally, think they are ugly. The one thing I do like about them is that they will eat dog food and romaine lettuce. Not to many other amphibians do that. At least not as adults.

When it comes to toads I like Anaxyrus debilis, A. exsul, A. punctatus, Atelopus flavescens, A. spumarius, Melanophryniscus stelzneri, Nannophryne variegata, Ollotis alvaria, O. conifera, O. luetkenii, and I am starting to get into O. valliceps. Anaxyrus, Nannophryne, and Ollotis are formerly of the genus Bufo.

[Billy]

B. marinus may be a little on the ugly side, but I can tell you that I take the cake on that. Seriously, what they lack in looks, they make up for it in personallity and size. They eat lettuce? I knew about the dog food, but I've never heard of any toad eating lettuce! Kurt, when did all of those species get outted from the Bufo genus? Mikeald, is that a Gulf Coast Toad as your avatar?

[Kurt]

Darrel Frost of the AMNH redid the genus in 2006. It still has yet to be widely accepted. When writing a paper late last year I learned that there were a few amphibians that included plant matter in their diet, Chanus marina being one of them. See the thread "What kind of fruit do frogs eat?" for more info.

[mikeald]

B. marinus may be a little on the ugly side, but I can tell you that I take the cake on that. Seriously, what they lack in looks, they make up for it in personallity and size. They eat lettuce? I knew about the dog food, but I've never heard of any toad eating lettuce! Kurt, when did all of those species get outted from the Bufo genus? Mikeald, is that a Gulf Coast Toad as your avatar?

Yes it is

[Billy]

Gulf Coast Toads are about as common around here as the American Toad is up in Iowa. I have a male B. valiceps at home in a terrarium, and he is pretty personable. Is the one in your avatar in your collection?

[jody]

it was an Iowa toad that got me interested in phibs.

[Kurt]

What's an Iowa toad?