What are the differences between toads and frogs?
Toads have dry, warty skin, while frogs have smooth, wet skin; toads do not have teeth; frogs have tiny teeth on both upper and lower jaws. Toads have shorter hind legs than most frogs. Toads hop, frogs jump. Female toads lay their eggs in long, parallel strings; female frogs-depending on the species-lay their eggs singly, in small clumps, in large clumps, or as a film of eggs on the water surface. Although you may be hard-pressed to identify a toad or a frog by its calls, I bet you already know when a frog is calling! Most of Washington’s amphibians return to water to reproduce. That is one of the reasons wetlands are important to our wildlife. Most amphibians prefer fishless bodies of water for breeding. Flooded fields, ditches, small woodland ponds, livestock ponds and water-filled depressions are favorite places. Toads and frogs defend themselves in several ways. Most of their enemies are predators such as fish, turtles, snakes, birds and carnivorous mammals-shrews, mink, skunks an
