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Jer 🚵🏼

Cleaned up some of the pond, but those long leaves/fronds are tough to break up, even in death.
A little while later and things are hopping, so to speak. I’m starting to suspect these are the toads we get early in the season. We'll see if there's ungodly singing tonight with strands of eggs scattered around the pond like an unravelled sweater.
#toads #frogs

messy pond with two “couples” of toads or frogs mating, the smaller male is on top and clasping the bigger female, I think the idea being when she starts laying eggs he’ll fertilize them. These guys sing late into the night and have been known to grab onto almost anything.
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Global Museum

The plains spadefoot is toadally cute. This stout amphibian, which inhabits arid regions of western North America, is an “explosive” breeder: Individuals gather en masse after warm, heavy rains to breed. The resulting tadpoles can mature after just 13 days.
American Museum of Natural History
@AMNH #toads

The plains spadefoot toad
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Lois Bryan

"The Morning After"

A frog sits on a flat surface, surrounded by blurred objects that appear to be debris or leaves. The focus on the frog's eyes gives a dramatic depth-of-field effect.

See him better at my website as cool wall art, coffee mugs, tote bags, (cool) t-shirts and more: lois-bryan.pixels.com/featured

Also at #FineArtAmerica, here: fineartamerica.com/featured/th

"The Morning After" A frog sits on a flat surface, surrounded by blurred objects that appear to be debris or leaves. The focus on the frog's eyes gives a dramatic depth-of-field effect. At our old house, my every-morning spring-summer-fall ritual included a visit to the pool and clearing out any debris that might be left floating on the surface of the aqua waters and most especially in the filters. At certain times of the season, the ritual included scooping out tiny little froggies ... we called them peepers. It's my belief that our pool was the sight of many uproarious midnight parties ... I know there was much music emanating from down there ... and judging from the bleary eyes of my darling peeper friends (and the occasional snake and ... other critters!) ... dancing and flirting and general hoopla was carried on with great intensity. On this particular morning, one of the maple trees nearby had made the decision to expel its whirligig-helicopter seeds. Thus, dear Froggie was covered in leaf and seeds bits when I rescued him from the filter. He did look pretty disgusted with life in general ... but after a good cleaning off and being sent on his way ... I'm sure he had a fine day out in the woods. And was probably among the number of his fellows who got scooped out of the pool the next morning, as well!! https://lois-bryan.pixels.com/featured/the-morning-after-lois-bryan.html #animals #frogs #toads #cute #summer #bedraggled #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #NotAi #LoisBryan
#animals#frogs#toads
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Zumbador

I went to clean the filter of my garden pond this morning, and found it already occupied! I am so pleased to see a (endangered) leopard toad enjoying the pond. It's been so hot and dry around here, it must be a relief to it to find a sheltered watery spot.

A bit later I saw it swimming in a deeper part of the pond. Makes me so happy.

A leopard toad sitting in a small ceramic container filled with filter floss. Water flows from a pipe on the right of the picture. The toad is pale greenish brown with a pattern of brick red blots that forma leopard-like pattern. It's eyes look relaxed and contented.
#Toads#Amphibians#UrbanGarden
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Lukas VFN 🇪🇺

Less than 7 mm in length, this Atlantic Rainforest flea #toad is the second-smallest vertebrate described in the world
phys.org/news/2024-10-mm-lengt paper: peerj.com/articles/18265/

"There are small #toads with all the characteristics of large toads except for their size. This genus is different. During its #evolution, it underwent what we biologists call miniaturization, which involves loss, reduction and/or fusion of bones, as well as fewer digits and absence of other parts of its anatomy"

Photo of an extremely tiny frog on a person's palm
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