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  2. A guide to the frogs and toads of NJ: Species, habitats ... - AOL

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    What is the difference between a frog and a toad anyway? Frogs vs toads. As convincing as the beloved children's books may be, frog and toad are probably not best friends in real life.

  3. Toad - Wikipedia

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    In Kenneth Grahame's novel The Wind in the Willows (1908), Mr. Toad is a likeable and popular, if selfish and narcissistic, comic character. Mr. Toad reappears as the lead character in A. A. Milne's play Toad of Toad Hall (1929), based on the book. [9] [10] In Chinese culture, the Money Toad (or Frog) Jin Chan appears as a feng shui charm for ...

  4. Frog - Wikipedia

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    Warty frog species tend to be called toads, but the distinction between frogs and toads is informal, not from taxonomy or evolutionary history. An adult frog has a stout body, protruding eyes , anteriorly-attached tongue , limbs folded underneath, and no tail (the tail of tailed frogs is an extension of the male cloaca).

  5. Common toad - Wikipedia

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    The common toad, European toad, or in Anglophone parts of Europe, simply the toad (Bufo bufo, from Latin bufo "toad"), is a toad found throughout most of Europe (with the exception of Ireland, Iceland, parts of Scandinavia, and some Mediterranean islands), in the western part of North Asia, and in a small portion of Northwest Africa.

  6. American toad - Wikipedia

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    Fowler's toad can be especially difficult to identify in comparison to the eastern American toad but one difference is that it never has a spotted belly and both cranial crests touch the parotoid glands. Also, Fowler's toads are very fast hoppers (bursts of 5–10 fast hops) in comparison to Eastern toads lethargic, casual hopping and walking ...

  7. Frog and Toad - Wikipedia

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    Frog and Toad were voiced by Will Ryan and Hal Smith respectively. [17] [18] Only Frog and Toad Are Friends was narrated by Lobel. [citation needed] Frog and Toad Are Friends was released on May 23, 1985; Frog and Toad Together on September 3, 1987. [citation needed] They were distributed to the home market only (direct-to-video). [citation needed]

  8. True toad - Wikipedia

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    Song of Common toad or European toad, Bufo bufo. Common toad, female and male on her back. A true toad is any member of the family Bufonidae, in the order Anura (frogs and toads). This is the only family of anurans in which all members are known as toads, although some may be called frogs (such as harlequin frogs).

  9. American spadefoot toad - Wikipedia

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    The American spadefoot toads are of typical shape to most fossorial (or burrowing) frogs. They are round, with short legs and protruding eyes. As suggested by their name, these frogs have hard, keratinous protrusions present on their feet, which help them to dig. Like most fossorial frogs, they dig backwards into the ground. [1]