I filmed a video of some of my breeder Southern Toads (A. terrestis) eating earthworms in one of the four open-top terrariums. Most of the diet (90%+) is fruit flies and fruit fly maggots that live on the pile of decomposing fruit peels in their terrariums.
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Southern Toad (Anaxyrus terrestris) Breeders
In the spring of 2023, I purchased 200 Southern Toad (Bufo terrestris) tadpoles from a breeder for the purpose of restoring the local wild toad population. I raised the tadpoles in the patio breeding tanks used by my neighborhood’s tree frogs. I transferred the tiny toadlets to one of four plastic barrel bottoms that had… Continue reading Southern Toad (Anaxyrus terrestris) Breeders
Tadpoles Swimming 2018
Here is a video of tadpoles swimming in the first pond in its third month of existence. I incorrectly identified these as tree frog tadpoles, which I now know to be smaller. Based on countless observations over the past four years, I am fairly certain that the tadpoles in this video are those of the… Continue reading Tadpoles Swimming 2018