A few pictures of my Bufo viridis

[jenn]

Or at least that's what I'm being led to believe it is! I'm calling it a "her" although I don't know the gender yet.

I just got back this evening from a two week business trip away from home - I'm thrilled to see that it looks like she's gained quite a bit of weight! (She looked rather emaciated when I first got her and her skin felt thin.)

In her little pond that needs cleaning...

"Hey - put me back in the pond!"

"Ok, if you don't put me back, then I'll crawl around on you! Ha!"

Well, whatever she is, I think she's quite lovely and has a wonderful disposition.

 

[jenn]

Also, I have a question for you veterinary types...

In the picture below, it shows a prominent bony spur of sorts that sticks out much farther that the joint on the other leg. (Arrow pointing to the "spur".) While she uses the leg, she doesn't use the foot on this side. Is it possible this is a break she may have had that healed funny, or just a "birth defect"? It doesn't seem to pain or hinder her, but it's obvious that the foot on that side gets much less use than the other foot.

 

[edward]

Hi Jenn,
Without an x-ray it is really hard to tell. Many amphibians and reptiles can heal and use limbs that have been broken (at one of local reptile shows I saw a water monitor whose right front foot had broken and healed folded over so the animal walked on the back of the foot. There was even a big callous on the foot indicating that this was a very old injury.

Ed

 

[mike]

Sorry to dissolution you Jenn, but your animal is a Green Toad, (Bufo viridis).
Apart from size and markings, the real giveaway is the size and shape of the parotoid glands.
In bongersmai "the parotoids are small, slightly longer than wide, almost round". (Bogaerts)
From the size and shape of the fore-arms, she is probably a he. Still a very nice toad, all the same.

 

[jenn]

Ah - that's good to know!

I'll have to tell the place I got him that the toads are not Moroccan after all! I had my doubts, but thanks for clarifying!

(And not being obnoxious about it.)

 

[mike]

Your toad may well have originated from Morocco, as viridis are indigenous to most of Europe, and western Morocco.

 

[jenn]

LOL! Shows how little I know!

Where can I find a good female for this happy guy? I sure do like him.

 

[mike]

Not too many people breed viridis, or Bufo in general.

I have managed to breed them in the UK, but they were kept in a glasshouse where they were allowed to brumate overwinter. They generally need a lot of space to come into breeding condition.

Perhaps you can order a mate for him from your petshop?

 

[sergé]

Could the moderator change the names of these subjects...as they are clearly not bufo brongersmai...(and only this name triggers me...;-)

 

[edward]

Done