Natterjacks in the UK

[Dave1812]

Yippee I'm a dad!!
This is my first year monitoring a site for Natterjack toads, and I must confess that I'm hooked!! My first string of spawn has hatched and there are another two strings to go in one of my pools.
Oh - and before any one asks yes I do have a licence for Natterjack toads and Great Crested Newts (UK requirement).

 

[John]

Fantastic, Dave! Natterjacks are a favourite species of mine. Do you have any photos?

 

[Dave1812]

No photos yet - but checking them again tonight so I might get some shots of the adults.

 

[lims]

Nice, cant wait to see the pictures.

Are common toads straight forward to raise from tadpoles?

I attempted it last year, but none survived long after morphing.
I tried to raise them exactly the same as L. vulgaris morphs, with spread out bloodworms on a damp tissue in a plastic box with holes and soil on a slope/moisture gradient, which normally works.
Probably toads prefer drier environment when they morph.

How would you raise toadlets Dave?

 

[John]

Toadlets do indeed prefer drier conditions (generally) and they won't eat worms very easily at that size. It's fruitflies, pinhead crickets and springtails.

 

[lims]

ok.

I thought about tropical woodlice too..