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Posted: 29 Mar 2005 Topic: Fire-bellied toad?



I noticed some mention of wild bombina. There is a european fire bellied toad which is indistinguishable from the oriental to me as I have seen brown, olive, green and black variations of these. Whilst not native to the U.K. I spotted them in Ladywell park in london near the river Ravensbourne many years ago and kept them as pets. Also vis a vis brown fire bellies. I have had brown and green and can tell you that individual toads can change their colouration as it has happened to mine occaisionally, although brown ones do stay fairly dark olive when they change.

How I normally tell europeans appart is by listening to their calls.Europeans that I have kept definitely said "mum". Orientals that I have kept had a less clearly consonant start and ending to their note. A sort of honking note.

Below are some pictures of various fire bellies, bare in mind that size and shape vary from toad to toad and are often subject to when they last ate.

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European

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Yellow belly

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Orientalis




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