Stats

Lifespan

Up to 6 yrs

Size

Small

Diet

Insectivore

Activity

Nocturnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Temperate grassland

Range

North America

Movement

Hopping

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Toxins

Status

Uncommon

About

The Western Narrow-mouthed Toad is a small amphibian that lives in the wetlands of the Great Plains and northern Mexico. They have smooth, moist skin and are excellent swimmers.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A jelly-coated egg is laid in water and develops over days into an aquatic larva.
2. 2.
   tadpole

   A gilled tadpole swims and grazes on algae, slowly absorbing its tail and growing limbs.
3. 3.
   juvenile

   A near-adult amphibian leaves the water with new legs and lungs, smaller than the mature form.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown at adult size, breathing air.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Microhylidae

Genus

Gastrophryne

Species

Gastrophryne olivacea