Frogs & Toads
Common species recorded in the Lancing area
Contents
Frogs & Toads
Newts
- Common Newt
Species
- Bufo bufo
- Rana temporaria
- Lissotriton vulgaris
Lissotriton vulgaris
Common Newt
Bufo bufo
Common Toad — juvenile
Bufo bufo
Common Toad — adult male
Rana temporaria
Common Frog
Rana temporaria
Common Frog
Rana temporaria
Common Frog
Rana temporaria
Common Frog
Rana temporaria
Common Frog — juvenile
Frog/Toadlet
Tadpole — Common Frog
“It’s a frog tadpole — toad
tadpoles are always much darker, almost black; frog
tadpoles nearly always semi-transparent.”
— Michael Watson, ukwildlife@yahoogroups.com
— Michael Watson, ukwildlife@yahoogroups.com
“The other way I was told of
telling them apart is to pop them in your mouth for a moment
— apparently they don’t mind too much. I’ve never (yet…)
dared try this, but the toadpole is supposed to taste horrid
and the frogpole not — or at any rate, not as bad!”
— Richard Collingridge, ukwildlife
— Richard Collingridge, ukwildlife
Frog Spawn
Frog Spawn — close up
Rana temporaria
Common Frog — tadpole