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Cane toads can be poisoned by Lavendar beetles
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Secretions from the Golfball frog contain a very strong adhesive. Aluminium cans glued together with the secretions cannot be pulled apart with your hands.
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Frogs absorb water through their skin and do not have to drink water like humans do
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The Northern Territory Frog (also know as Monsoon frog) Sphenophryne adelphe breeds by laying its eggs in leaf litter rather than water. The young emerge from the eggs as frogs having spent the entire tadpole stage in the egg. The Male frog stays with the eggs as they develop.
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About 30% or 1/3 of our frogs burrow into the ground to avoid hot dry times. Some remain buried for long periods until the next rains.
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Green Tree frogs have been known to live for 23 years (in captivity)
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Frogs have many glands in their skin that secrete fluids. Some of these contain substances to keep the frog moist, other contain poisons to protect the frog. You should always be careful if you handle a frog. Wash your hands, you never know what the secretions may contain.
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Frogs breathe through their skin and so may absorb atmospheric pollution.
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Frogs eat lots of insects, some species specialising on particular prey items. One Cyclorana Cryptotis, (Hidden-ear frog) had 249 termites and 2 small beetles in its stomach
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Cane Toads lay large numbers of eggs, many more than our native species. Cane toads lay up to 50,000 eggs, ten times more eggs than our native species such as Cyclorana australis (Giant Frog) approx 5000 eggs or Litoria caerulea (Green Tree Frog) 2000 eggs. Cane toad eggs are laid in strings and can be removed from water relatively easily. This may be one way to help limit toad numbers in your neighbourhood
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An observation on the toxicity of L. dahlii on potential predators. While tracking L. dahlii at Howard river during May 2002, it was discovered that the transmitter signal was recieved from inside the belly on a young Varanus panoptes. After monitoring the panoptes for 4 days it was observed that the goanna showed no ill effect from the toxicity of dahlii.
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Australia has over 180 species of native frogs, more than Europe and North America combined. They are spread across all habitats, even the arid areas where burrowing frogs go underground to avoid the hot dry times.
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Dahl's Aquatic frog appears to be able to handle Cane Toad toxin. They can eat young toads and Toad tadpoles without dying!!
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Amphibians evolved over 350 million years ago and were ancestors to the dinosaurs.
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There are more than 5,300 species of amphibians around the world. There are others yet to be described.
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Amphibian means "dual life" and is derived from the greek word "amphibia" meaning both, and "bios", which means life.
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The Agricultural Journal (Fiji) reported in 1940 experiments by A.F.Bell described in the 29th Annual Report of the Bureau of Sugar Experiment(al) Station, Queensland, 1939. It states that " one fowl ate no less than 142 small toads within the space of one hour, but it remained quite normal."
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