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Scientific Name: |
Bombina orientalis
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Range: |
Northeastern China, Korea, southern Japan, and southern parts of Russia
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Habitat: |
Shallow waters in ponds and slow-moving streams
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Natural Diet: |
Insects, arthropods, earthworms, and mollusks
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Zoo Diet: |
Arthropods and earthworms
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Physical
Characteristics:
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Fire-bellied toads can grow up to three inches in length. They have a gray-black upper side and brightly colored underside, usually red or yellow. They have a non-projectile, disk-shaped tongue.
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Behavior: |
Fire-bellied toads assume a “canoe” position with their backs arched and arms and legs thrown up when disturbed or frightened. The skin secretes a milky substance from poison glands; this irritates the mouth and eyes of an attacker.
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Reproduction: |
Fire-bellied toads mate between April and August. Small clumps of 2-8 eggs are laid beneath stones. Young hatch as tadpoles.
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Notes:
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Fire-bellied toads hibernate from late September to May. They find shelter in rotting logs, leaf piles, and sometimes at the bottom of streams.
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