European Fire-bellied Toad
- European Fire-bellied Toad
Taxobox
name = European Fire-bellied Toad
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Anura
subordo = Archaeobatrachia
familia = Bombinatoridae
genus = "Bombina"
species = "B. bombina"
binomial = "Bombina bombina"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1761)The European Fire-bellied Toad "Bombina bombina" is a fire-bellied toad native to mainland Europe.Commons|Bombina bombina These toads are slightly toxic sometimes to humans. When they shed their skin, they bloat themselves and make a coughing sound, then start to tear the old skin off with their mouth, and eat it for nutrition, to reveal newer, brighter skin.Fire-Bellied toads have a bright lime green dorsal traversed by black spots, and orange to bright red bellies with black bars and stripes. The skin is mildly bumpy, the eyes set high to suite a semi-aquatic life style, and also well webbed back feet. Color and body variations will be described for each of the other 3 species commonly sold as or mistaken for Oriental Fire-Bellied Toads. They are the largest of the bombina family.
References
* Database entry includes a range map and justification for why this species is of least concern
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