red toad?

[ianlenny]

There's a funny wee reddish toad in my garden, I'm not sure how to post a picture, can anyone help? cheers, Ian.

[Dogghound]

probrably just a common toad bufo bufo they do vary in color alot with some being a red/brown through to a grey/black color. how big is it? does it have the basic shape of a normal toad?

[ianlenny]

It seems to be more "pointy" with a more streamlined look, about 3.5-4cm is the biggest I've seen, the closest approximation would be a red natterjack kind of looking thing!. I'm stumped. Ian
p.s any hints on posting pictures?

[Dogghound]

yeh if you upload you pictures to the Gallery, you may need to shrink your image first then copy and paste the short cut for the image which will appear under the image once uploaded in the Gallery section, sounds hard but is very easy. it sounds abit odd try and post an image of it, are there several of these toads? this would rule out the off chance it could be a foreign species that has escaped from captivity. Natterjacks are very rare and have specific habitat types so it would be unlikely it was a natterjack.

[ianlenny]

Hi Dogghound,
Cheers for the reply, I managed a get a picture uploaded, then I had a look at some photos and on page 2 of reptiles only to see a picture by John of a common toad exactly like mine. I was surprised as it was so different to the other common toads in the garden. Ian

[Dogghound]

just goes to show there are so many different variations, like frogs for example ive seen sky blue frogs before ha. Glad you found out what it was

[Ukwildlifeo]

Originally Posted by Dogghound

probrably just a common toad bufo bufo they do vary in color alot with some being a red/brown through to a grey/black color.

And i seem to rember reading that each individual can change the colour of there skin to an extent i.e. if they enter a muddy pond, they become darker