How do toads usually differ from frogs?

Drier, bumpier skin and shorter legs

What are the large bumps behind a toad's eyes?

Parotoid glands that make toxins

Where do Surinam toad babies develop?

In pockets on the mother's back

Toads Trivia: 10 Questions With Answers

Cane toads were released in Australia in 1935 to eat sugar cane beetles and spread across the continent instead, and toads trivia like this shows how tough these amphibians are. Learn why touching a toad won't give you warts and what happened to the golden toad of Costa Rica.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Difference
How do toads usually differ from frogs?
Warts
Can touching a toad give you warts?
Glands
What are the large bumps behind a toad's eyes?
Cane
Why were cane toads introduced to Australia in 1935?
Golden
Which bright orange toad from Costa Rica has not been seen since 1989?
Desert
How do spadefoot toads survive desert droughts?
Eggs
How do toads usually lay eggs?
Midwife
In midwife toads, who carries the eggs?
Surinam
Where do Surinam toad babies develop?
Migration
Why do people help toads cross roads in spring?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: How do toads usually differ from frogs?
Answer: Drier, bumpier skin and shorter legs
Toads are a kind of frog.
Q2: Can touching a toad give you warts?
Answer: No
Human warts are caused by a virus.
Q3: What are the large bumps behind a toad's eyes?
Answer: Parotoid glands that make toxins
They deter predators.
Q4: Why were cane toads introduced to Australia in 1935?
Answer: To control sugar cane beetles
They became a major pest.
Q5: Which bright orange toad from Costa Rica has not been seen since 1989?
Answer: Golden toad
Chytrid and climate may have caused its loss.
Q6: How do spadefoot toads survive desert droughts?
Answer: Burrowing underground
They emerge when rain falls.
Q7: How do toads usually lay eggs?
Answer: In long strings
Frogs often lay clumps.
Q8: In midwife toads, who carries the eggs?
Answer: The father
He wraps them around his legs.
Q9: Where do Surinam toad babies develop?
Answer: In pockets on the mother's back
They emerge as tiny toads.
Q10: Why do people help toads cross roads in spring?
Answer: They migrate to breeding ponds
Volunteers carry them in buckets.

Toads Trivia – Bumpy-Skinned Survivors

Toads are a kind of frog, usually with dry, warty skin, short legs and a habit of walking rather than leaping. True toads belong to the family Bufonidae, but the word is also used for other frogs with similar features.

Toads defend themselves with toxins from glands behind their eyes, which can sicken or kill predators. Some, like the spadefoot, survive in deserts by burrowing, while others have unusual parenting, such as midwife toads and Surinam toads.

The cane toad shows how introduced species can cause harm: brought to Australia in 1935, it spread widely and poisoned native predators. Meanwhile, many native toads are declining, and the golden toad of Costa Rica has not been seen since 1989.

What This Quiz Teaches

Nature fans and students will enjoy these questions.

How toads differ from frogs
Why toads are toxic
Why cane toads are a problem
What happened to the golden toad
How toads raise young

Did You Know?

Toads can live over 10 years.
Natterjack toads run rather than hop.
Toads eat many garden pests.
Some toads inflate to look bigger.
Toad tunnels help them cross roads.