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Sentence Examples By one count, 1 in 3 of the 5,743 known species of frog, toad, salamander, and other amphibians are dwindling. The Colorado River toad is about the diameter of a cow pie and makes a grand appearance only after our summer rains begin. The shop Goya on Calle Jimenez sells toad talismans, owl feathers, stone amulets, candles, gems, and soaps. Fifty feet below, the cabin squats near the tumbledown outcropping of rock like a demonic toad. But much better things are coming, and I'd rather hitch my wagon to a star than to a toad. He is said to have eaten a toad as a child, an act foretokening a martial destiny. Of all the creatures on the Carrizo, the endurance champion of the underworld is the spadefoot toad. Your jam jar might be cream crackered, but you can always walk down the frog and toad on your own plates. The antidote to this killer may lie with the clawed toad and a global vaccination programme is one possible long-term prospect. Unlike calling frog and toad surveys, this method samples the entire herpetofaunal community, not just those that are vocal. Use dwarf goat's beard in partial shaded rock gardens with hostas, toad lilies, tiarellas, and wildflowers. The Age reports that the krouts have found it's been raining toad entrails, hallelujah! No, Joe, you sniveling toad whose pathetic job it is to lie for other liars. The toad doesn't really need us to make him a home, both the spadefoot and Colorado river toad can excavate burrows almost three feet deep. The preferred route for the toll road would bisect San Onofre State Park and cross part of the critical habitat for the toad. Tadpoles of both Couch's spadefoot toad and the Western spadefoot toad accelerate metamorphosis in response to pond drying. Breeding records show that for four years previous to this, experts worried that the distinctive toad was extinct altogether in the area. His study, conducted over five years of intensive examination, reveal that the toad will be extinct within two years. It squats at the bottom of the pail like a sullen garden toad, refusing to budge. A toad croaked in the distance breaking the eerie silence that haunted the halls of trees and earth. Show More Sentences Close to where I had been sitting the light picked out a squat toad about the size of a small teapot. The Plains leopard frog, western green toad and Mexican hog-nosed snakes inhabit the area. And what this South American bufo marine toad does is that when he feels under threat, he bloats himself up with air. Mitogenic rays, the midwife toad, and the flatworms that acquired memories through cannibalism share a chapter. She knew this because when Cruz died, his face was black and his body was swollen like that of a toad that is used to ensorcell. There are three native species of frogs and toads in the UK the common toad, common frog and natterjack toad. Wood anemones, epimediums, bugbanes, and toad lilies create intricate tapestries under flowering shrubs and trees. Thus the trouble and strife would walk down the apples and pears and along the frog and toad to use the public dog and bone. The night time mating calls of the raucous toad are not continuous. This move towards the more sophisticated sausage has propelled once basic British staples such as bangers and mash and toad in the hole to new culinary heights. Darwin described how some primitive peoples would pick up a large toad, gently squeeze it, and be rewarded with several fluid ounces of almost pure water. Despite Cumbria Wildlife Trust creating just the right conditions for natterjacks at Eskmeals, there are many animals happy to take the bite-sized toad for their dinner. Spadefoot toad tadpoles and other species that develop in ephemeral pools have evolved traits that allow for successful development in an unpredictable environment. Listening to a toad croak, concentrating on it, eased his mind. Apparently the crow pecks a small hole in the toad to get at the liver. After fertilizing eggs, the male of the European midwife toad pushes his legs into the string of eggs until they are wound around his waist and legs. A total of 794 species were considered at risk, including the Indian pygmy hog, the Mallorcan midwife toad and the golden-crowned sifaka of Madagascar. He is always accompanied by a toad and he can assume the shape of a toad. Then today I was weeding the bed in front of my house and lifted a mop of variegated grass to see a toad looking at me from a hollow he'd made in the shade of my porch. Nationwide, it is hoped the scheme will boost the habitats of species such as the grey partridge, twite, natterjack toad, sandbowl snail and lesser silver water beetle. Show More Sentences The only endangered species of amphibian is the natterjack toad. The Fire Bellied Toad is one of the most widely kept species of toad. She also, from a dried up old toad, has transformed herself into a sparkling, magical femme with mysterious fatal charm after toasting herself under the sun for a week. By next day, both toad and witch had died, and it was found that the woman's burns exactly mirrored those of the toad. The toad has terrestrial habits, spending most of its time on shore. Sausages are commonly eaten, either as bangers and mash or toad in the hole. Yorkshire pudding is the base for toad in the hole, a dish containing sausage. The toad has long been considered to be an animal of ill omen or a connection to a spirit world. Even Pennant, with all his repugnancy to the toad, could not be induced to favour the popular belief in its poisonous character. It wasn't clear if she was more toadly than ever, but she was certainly more of a toad than ever. Some areolar tissue free from elastic tissue was next procured from the visceral cavity of a toad. We monitored Houston toad use of the two ponds on the Welsh tract before and after exclosure fence installation. Contract notice for Implementation of natural inventory fire-bellied toad and crested newt in the natura 2000 site near promna plh300030 refuge. Other poisonous frogs, like the redbelly toad, are brown and blend in with their surroundings. Catalina Island is also home to the aquarium, a large coral formation inhabited by toad fish, sea horses and the lion fish. Others include the water vole, pipistrelle bat, grey partridge, aquatic warbler, sand lizard, great crested newt and the natterjack toad. There's the case of the midwife toad that tracks the story of a scientist who was accused of fakery. The common frog, the common toad, the natterjack toad, the palmate newt, the great crested newt and the smooth newt. He told me how the wise toad who squats among the kingcups by the stream in summer has a very precious jewel in his head. Among them are the Nilgiri leaf monkey and Beddome's toad of the Western Ghats. Show More Sentences Sausages are commonly eaten as bangers and mash, in sausage rolls or as toad in the hole. Currently, three lizards and one toad are known to inhabit Diego Garcia, and possibly one snake. Sculpture of Larkin as a toad, displayed during the Larkin 25 Festival in 2010, Kingston upon Hull. The area's reptilian life include the sidewinder viper, desert tortoise, and horned toad. Amphibians include the green toad, American toad, common tree frog, and the Cretan marsh frog. The toad is an inconspicuous animal as it usually lies hidden during the day. The common toad tends to be sexually dimorphic with the females being browner and the males greyer. The paratoid glands of both are parallel rather than slanting as in the common toad. The common toad usually moves by walking rather slowly or in short shuffling jumps involving all four legs. When attacked, the common toad adopts a characteristic stance, inflating its body and standing with its hindquarters raised and its head lowered. Aquatic invertebrates that feed on toad tadpoles include dragonfly larvae, diving beetles and water boatmen. It sometimes clings to the toe of a common toad and this is believed to be one of the means by which it disperses to new locations. The common toad emerges from hibernation in spring and there is a mass migration towards the breeding sites. The common toad reaches maturity at three to seven years old but there is great variability between populations. Another study investigated whether the use of nitrogenous fertilisers affects the development of common toad tadpoles. An estimate was made of the significance of roadkill in toad populations in the Netherlands. The main toxic substance found in the parotoid gland and skin of the common toad is called bufotoxin. The skin of one toad contains enough toxin to cause serious symptoms or even death in animals and man. It was known that the toad could poison people and, as the witch's familiar, it was thought to possess magical powers. In some areas, the finding of a toad in a house was considered evidence that a witch was present. Show More Sentences Toads were associated with devils and demons and in Paradise Lost, John Milton depicted Satan as a toad when he poured poison into Eve's ear. The common frog is our most frequently found amphibian, followed by common toad, smooth newt and great crested newt. The six amphibian types living in Wales are the common frog and common toad, natterjack toad, palmate newt, great crested newt and smooth newt. They include the common frog, common toad, natterjack toad, palmate newt, great crested newt and smooth newt. The brock, the toad, and the yellow yeorling Get a drap o' the de'il's bluid ilka May morning. A WOBBLY WALLABY I once saw a wallaby wobbling As he travelled along a road, And there beside the wobbly wallaby I saw an even wobblier toad. Although the common frog has long hind legs compared to the common toad, they are shorter than those of the agile frog with which it shares some of its range. Local fauna include the Natterjack toad and the Sand lizard. The species of amphibian native to England are the great crested newt, smooth newt, palmate newt, common toad, natterjack toad, common frog and the pool frog. The species of amphibian native to Britain are the great crested newt, smooth newt, palmate newt, common toad, natterjack toad, common frog and the pool frog. Soon afterwards, a large toad fell on his wife and caused her to collapse. The Vietnamese believed the orbs were eaten by a toad, while the Kwakiutl tribe, on Canada's west coast, believe the mouth of heaven consumes the sun or the moon. There also is the potential to disturb or destroy specific sites used by such species as the western diamond back rattlesnake, spade foot toad, and the desert tortoise. I'm just going down the frog and toad to see my old china Dave. Some hardy types of frog, like the marine toad, can tolerate short periods of handling, but it's always good to wet your hands, or don moistened vinyl gloves. The objective of this study is to determine how these variables influence the magnitude and duration of the SDA response for a single species, the marine toad Bufo marinus. The toad was thrown into the fire but escaped with severe burns. The viruses are part of the Ranavirus group referred to as common midwife toad virus which previously was known only to cause declines in Britain's common frog. So check out the likes of the giant isopod, goblin shark, aye aye, Surinam toad, gob-faced squid and star-nosed mole to see if you agree with our ugly marks out of ten. Also, stay away from the more obscure Spanish fly and Bufo toad. Show More Sentences The midwife toad is a slow-moving, terrestrial amphibian represented by four species of the genus Alytes. The best-known species is A. obstetricans. George Orwell in his essay Some Thoughts on the Common Toad described the emergence of the common toad from hibernation as one of the most moving signs of spring. Toad in the hole or sausage toad is a traditional English dish consisting of sausages in Yorkshire pudding batter, usually served with onion gravy and vegetables. A key preserved male specimen of the midwife toad was eventually shown to have been injected with India ink in the region of the normally pigmented nuptial pad. There are parts of its range where the common toad seems to be in decline. By 1986, researchers at the Arizona State University had succeeded in synthesizing the toad venom constituents bufotalin, bufalitoxin and bufotoxin. As the passengers disembarked Toad noticed a hot young woman in a short skirt and leather jacket. But it is an impostor, a sort of Toad Hall that pretends to an amplitude and height it hasn't got. And, nowhere is it written that if Mr. Toad rides again he has to ride alone. There's Toad who has a sharp, spiny tongue about 15 feet long that'll jump out and encircle you and toss you up against the wall. In May, the head of Guerreros Unidos, Mario Casarrubias Salgado, aka the Beautiful Toad, was arrested. The production will tell the classic story of Toad, Mole, Ratty and Badger trying to overcome the evil ferrets, weasels and stoats who threaten to overrun the riverbank. Toad tadpoles appear to be distasteful to many predators, and, perhaps as a result of this, are much more often to be seen in open water than those of the common frog. The potentially lifesaving proteins are found in secretions on the skins of the Waxy Monkey Frog and the Giant Fire-bellied Toad. And we have already rendred our irreconcileable Enemy the Duke of Buckingham as odious as a Toad. They open for the befuddlingly popular, triumphantly average Toad the Wet Sprocket. In 1930, Milne adapted Kenneth Grahame's novel The Wind in the Willows for the stage as Toad of Toad Hall. He is also brave and a skilled fighter, and helps rid Toad Hall of invaders from the wild wood. The company claims an impressive roster of celebrity endorsers, including Mick Fleetwood, Def Lepperd's Rick Allen, and Randy Guss of Toad the Wet Sprocket. Toad doctors were also credited with the ability to undo evil witchcraft. Show More Sentences Toad the Wet Sprocket, an alternative rock band formed in 1986 and known for its alternatingly enthusiastic and haunting alternative rock, still gets together for reunions. Toad in the hole involves throwing brass discs at a hole in a box. Examples from Classical Literature In sixteen hours more, one toad was taken from a box and found to be lively, and was reconsigned to its prison. Im going to trade him off for a horned toad, and then use the toad for a currycomb. It seemed to him to combine the repulsive qualities of a spider and a toad. A bloated toad, studded with dermal excrescences, was boasting that she was the wartiest creature alive. A toad is discovered near the hives, and forthwith he is executed as a bee-eater. The boys left the hedgehog to uncurl himself when he pleased, and next went to a cucumber frame where Charley kept a pet toad. The blind might hear September in the uproarious arguments of the crow, the despondent cries of katydid, tree toad, and hoot owl. It is only the males that possess the vocal sac, so that the toad chorus is composed solely of male voices. According to one version of the story, Tschang O took the shape of this toad. I was more loathsome in my own eyes than was a toad, and I thought I was so in God's eyes too. It was contrary to all the homely traditions at the farm to kill or maltreat a toad. Both toad and crayfish have organs for the prehension of food, its digestion and its assimilation. The toad does not open its mouth when croaking, but expands a large sac or resonator in its throat. The toad is a fakeer, and thinks the beatitude of life lies in contemplation. So the toad got into a bucket he happened to possess, and fastened the bucket to the creeper. Though less beautifully clothed than Hyla, our common toad, bufo, is just as carefully clothed. A high-crested race of toad and other noteworthy reptiles and amphibians from southern Mexico. Another flower of the waste places is a pretty little toad flax, or butter-and-eggs. Alberich was gone, and there at Wotan's feet hopped the tiny toad. Amongst the Batrachian reptiles, I found only one little toad, which was most singular from its colour. Show More Sentences Leonardus Camillus had seen a white stone taken from the brain of a newly killed toad, that was a certain antidote against poison. Hold up your near fore-foot and I'll impress the fact upon it, warty toad of a dried mud-puddle. But no batrachian patience is as curious as that of the pipa toad. There is a charming story about a toad, called Monsieur le Vicomte. A single toad ilium from the late Pleistocene represents the first report of the class Amphibia from the Michigan fossil record. Little green toad with leg like crook, Open wide the door, and look Who it was the latch that shook. Now that you think me disqualified to become your husband, you recoil from my touch as if I were some toad or ape. Behind a mountain of toothpicks he makes your change, files your check, and ejects at you, like a toad, a word about the weather. The buzzard was delighted to have the toad seek his company. Some would think that a toad would be a similar squatty amphibian-type bait. Frog and toad populations in reclaimed and unreclaimed areas of southwestern Indiana, Sullivan and Pike counties. Little green toad whose leg doth twist, Go to the corner of which you wist, And bring to me the large old kist. When the toad first emerges from the egg it is amazingly like the fish. A horned toad is a good example for us to work out in this department. Don't look any more like Clayte than it does like a horned toad. Du Bousquier cast upon the chevalier the most venomous look that toad ever darted on its prey. One night, when she was lying in her pretty little bed, an old toad crept in through a broken pane in the window. So quit goggling and slobbering at me, you wall-eyed, slimy, fat toad. Eye of toad, tongue of newt, take at midnight by the light of a waning gibbous moon while swinging a black moggie by its tail. He sat watching the toad all night, but the toad did not eject anything. Show More Sentences You loathe them as you would a snake or a toad, yet you are indignant at their wrongs. In the common toad as many as 7000 eggs may be extruded at a time. Are they bewitched, mesmerised by the ugly face of the toad? Can you see the poor toad kicking and flouncing in the water? One of the ablest men, Mr. Toad, after all, that this country ever produced. The Toad retraced his weary way on foot, and related his disappointing experiences to the water rat once more. He was tired of Toad, and his sulks and his airs and his meanness. He cites U2's The Joshua Tree and Toad the Wet Sprocket's Dulcinea as his two most important musical influences. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of toad? Words that rhyme with toad What is the past tense of toad? What is the plural of toad? What is the adjective for toad? What is the noun for toad? Translations for toad Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words to a certain extent to a certain degree T.O. TO 'to to to add insult to injury to address toadfish toadies toad-in-the-hole toadish 4-letter Words Starting With t to toa