The Barbados introductions were focused on the biological control of pests damaging the sugarcane crops, and while the toads became abundant, they have not been as successful in controlling the pests as in Australia.

The tests using toads were faster than those employing mammals ; the toads were easier to raise, and, although the initial 1948 discovery employed Bufo arenarum for the tests, it soon became clear that a variety of anuran species were suitable, including the cane toad.

Then, as the soil became healthier, higher-order creatures followed, such as birds, hedgehogs, martens, toads and squirrels.

The toads received national attention after a story was published in the New York Times Magazine in 1994 about a California teacher who became the first person to be arrested for possessing the venom of the toads.

During his time with the toads, he trained in senjutsu and became known as the.

A second group of toads was imported in 1923, and by 1932, the cane toad was well established.

Once the toads were established, a 1963 study concluded, as the toad's diet included both harmful and beneficial invertebrates, it was considered " economically neutral ".

Cane toads were introduced into Queensland in 1935, since then their numbers have grown exponentially.

Cane toads ( Bufo marinus ) were deliberately introduced into Australia in an attempt to control the native Frenchi beetle ( Lepidiota frenchi ) and the greyback beetle ( Lepidoderma albohirtum ) whose larvae ( colloquially known as " cane grubs ") were destroying sugar cane crops in North Queensland.

The spread of cane toads was slow at first but by 1959 they had colonised most of Queensland ’ s east coast.

The current major threat to the Northern Quoll is the spread of cane toads, which were originally introduced in Queensland, but have now reached Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory, and are dispersing east towards Darwin.

" In North Queensland, Australia since 2009, citizens have held an annual " Toad Day Out ", where thousands of cane toads are collected up and humanely destroyed.

Kammerer succeeded in making midwife toads breed in the water by increasing water temperatures, and reported that his midwife toads were exhibiting black nuptial pads on their feet.

The islands also have a number of endemic reptiles, toads and frogs, such as the South Andaman Krait ( Bungarus andamanensis ).

Aside from domestic and domesticated species ( small goat herds make their presence known with their bells, disturbing the serenity of the island ) there are a number of small wild animals to be found, such as martens, otters, jumping spiders and toads.

A number of toads in Germany and Denmark exploded in April 2005.

These northern dwarf toads mostly have the red coloring on the sides of their bodies and have an unusually high number of warts for the subspecies.

The first competitor throws 2 toads, with their opponent then throwing 3, and from then on they throw all 4, until they reach scores of less than four, wherein only the number of toads equal to the required finishing score may be thrown.

Ending a Game: Where a score of less than 4 is needed to finish a game, then only that number of toads may be used, i. e. ; if there are only three points left, the thrower may only play three toads.

Originally, cane toads were used to eradicate pests from sugar cane, giving rise to their common name.

Juvenile cane toads may be confused with species of the Uperoleia genus, but their adult colleagues can be distinguished by the lack of bright colouring on the groin and thighs.

In their native habitats, the toads can be found in subtropical forests, although dense foliage tends to limit their dispersal.

This rapid growth is important for their survival ; in the period between metamorphosis and subadulthood, the young toads lose the toxicity that protected them as eggs and tadpoles, but have yet to fully develop the parotoid glands that produce bufotoxin.

Cane toads have a habit of swallowing their prey.

When the toads are threatened, their glands secrete a milky-white fluid known as bufotoxin.

Recently, the toads have made their way into Western Australia and one has even been found on the far western coast in Broome.

As a result, these first releases were followed by further distributions across much of the region, although their effectiveness on other crops, such as cabbages, has been questioned ; when the toads were released at Wau, the cabbages provided insufficient shelter and the toads rapidly left the immediate area for the superior shelter offered by the forest.

Traditionally, within the toad's natural range in South America, the Embera-Wounaan would " milk " the toads for their toxin, which was then employed as an arrow poison.

Cane toad skin has been made into leather and novelty items ; stuffed cane toads, posed and accessorised, have found a home in the tourist market, and attempts have been made to produce fertilizer from their bodies.

In German folklore and old fairy tales, toads are often depicted sitting on toadstool mushrooms and catching, with their tongues, the flies that are said to be drawn to the Fliegenpilz, a German name for the toadstool, meaning " flies ' mushroom ") This is how the mushroom got another of its names, Krötenstuhl ( a less-used German name for the mushroom ), literally translating to " toad-stool ".

The fire-bellied toads Bombina bombina and Bombina variegata similarly form hybrids, although these are less fertile than their parents, giving rise to a hybrid zone where the hybrids are prevalent.

There are documented cases of prisoners eating “ field mice, crickets, locusts, toads, grapevine worms, grasshoppers, insect larvae and eggs, and poisonous snakes .” Also, many inmates would steal produce from the fields they worked on, smuggling vegetables back to their barracks.

When stressed, toads can let a poison seep through their skin that when swallowed could kill a large dog.

He finds some confederates among the Brinkmeyers ' staff ( all of whom are aspiring actors who want to attract Brinkmeyer's attention by playing their servant roles in real life ): The gardener readily supplies him with Mexican horned toads and some frogs ( to hide in Miss Brinkmeyer's room and clothes ); and Chaffinch, the butler, even suggests to him that he may be able to sell Joey's tooth to the press ( who in turn might be willing to give it to a souvenir hunter ) at the considerable price of $ 5, 000.

Cane toads can also shoot their venom, which can easily blind an animal.

Bombinatoridae are often referred to as Fire-bellied toads because of their brightly colored ventral sides, which show that they are highly toxic to humans.

On the Pearl Queen, many calamities had befallen the Redwallers and their crew, including whirlpools, sharks, shipwrecked islands, and crazy toads.

It is threatened by habitat loss, especially by drainage of its breeding sites, and some toads get killed on the roads as they make their annual migrations.

They comprise at least 12 major evolutionary lineages, and there are variations in the colors and patterns of these toads across their range.

However cane toads do not have vertical iris and the range of the cane toad currently does not overlap into Giant Burrowing Frog habitat.

Frogs and toads are broadly classified into three suborders: Archaeobatrachia, which includes four families of primitive frogs ; Mesobatrachia, which includes five families of more evolutionary intermediate frogs ; and Neobatrachia, by far the largest group, which contains the remaining twenty four families of modern frogs, including most common species found throughout the world.

She enjoys turning victims who get lost in her forest into frogs and toads, if they aren't killed by other denizens of the forest first.

Living amphibians fall into one of three orders — the Anura ( frogs and toads ), the Caudata or Urodela ( salamanders and newts ), and the Gymnophiona or Apoda ( the limbless caecilians ).

In " A Little Night Magic ", Zatanna walks home on her own after doing a magic show and has some adventures on the way: She turns a robber's gun into a snake, splits a truck in half when it almost runs her over, and turns some street thugs into toads after they take her hat.

She is a very compassionate person, but admits that even she has times when she abuses her powers ( i. e. turning her older brothers into toads ) although she may have been joking.

Ewert and coworkers showed in toads that there are stimulus-response mediating pathways that translate perception ( of visual sign stimuli ) into action ( adequate behavioral responses ).

After several months of growth and development, these sprout limbs and undergo metamorphosis into tiny toads.

In vivariums ( Habitations with both terra and water ) each toad usually requires at least 3 gallons, however 3 toads can fit into an 8 gallon vivarium with proper treatment.

The Australian Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations imported 101 cane toads into Gordonvale from Hawaii in June 1935.

Later, when they are nearing a feast day, a black acorn drops into the pit, signalling the captives to throw whatever they have at the toads.

In the midst of this impassioned meeting, the crowd is suddenly transformed into a group of toads and newts.

They will sometimes kill toads ( Bufo ) and bite into the toads ' poison glands and smear the toxic mixture on their spines.