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Yellow Bellied Toads – Bombina variegata HET Albino SUBADULT/ADULT
Sold by The Frog Whisperer, LLC ®AKA yellow bellied ‘fire belly’ toads. HET albino, so once bred together there should be a mix of albino and wild type yellow bellies. Easily bred at 9 mo old. Really fun paludarium, moist vivarium, or even near fully aquatic with land section tank inhabitants.
https://mol.org/species/Bombina_variegata
$65.00
Yellow bellied toads are a great addition to any amphibian collection. Originally from Europe, and also known as Saline Frogs these frogs stay fairly small, 1-2″ and enjoy a water section to soak. A tank with at least 18*18 will be sufficient for a few adult toads. They are voracious eaters, and will devour crickets and other small insect prey.
For a full writeup on the species please check this excellent link: Bombina variagata on AmphibiaWeb
Bombina variegata is restricted to central and south-eastern Europe. The populations in Italy, south of the Po Valley are often treated as separate species
To see where these frogs live on a map please check this link:
Yellow-bellied toads are small, bumpy, partially aquatic toads with a brightly colored yellow underbelly. Adult toads are poisonous to humans and animals, and in the wild, have few natural enemies. The bright yellow belly on Bombina variagata acts as a warning to potential predators.
ECOLOGY
- Adult toads live over 10 years in the wild
- In the wild, reproduction is triggered by heavy rainfall over an extended period of time. Breeding starts 5-10 days after the toads have entered the water in spring and runs until August
- Female Bombina variagata produce several clutches of eggs per year, during their prolonged breeding period; each clutch consists of 45 to 100 (sometimes more) eggs
- Eggs are comparatively large to other amphibians and develop very quickly.
- In contrast to some other amphibians, yellow-bellied toads are relatively well adapted to dispersal over land in search of new breeding sites thanks to their sturdy skeleton and thick skin
- Bombina variagata yellow bellied toads hibernate through the winter. Hibernation begins in September-October and ends in March-May, the toads winter in burrows, cracks, holes, under stones and logs and sometimes even in rodents’ galleries
- Adults and Juvenile yellow bellied toads mainly predate on insects of various sizes and availability
- Yellow-bellied toads occur in many types of wetlands: lakes, ponds, swamps, rivers, stream pools, springs (including mineral and thermal springs), puddles, reservoirs, gravel pits, ditches and even water-filled wheel ruts. Pretty much anywhere around with enough water to breed in.
- Bombina variagata are found widely dispersed in nature: in deciduous and mixed or coniferous forests, scrubland, meadows, floodplains and grasslands, and even in urban areas
- Breeding habitats are typically non-shaded temporary pools with little aquatic vegetation within, or close to, woodland. Such sites are favored as they rarely hold populations of fish which prey on the eggs and tadpoles
- Egg laying requires a network of water pools to move around and lay in multiple sites
- Compared to most other amphibians, the water quality requirements of the species are relatively modest and it is even able to tolerate some small degree of water pollution
- Yellow bellied toads are mainly an upland species, reaching its highest population densities in foothill and mountain regions
| Weight | 1 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 10 × 6 × 3 in |
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- Store Name: The Frog Whisperer, LLC ®
- Vendor: The Frog Whisperer, LLC ®
- 5.00 rating from 8 reviews
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