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This little baby toad was one of many crossing a grassy path..I nearly stepped on them and just saw them in time. I've no idea where they were heading as the pool (opposite direction) was quite a distance away, down a steep hill. Quite a journey for these youngsters, leaving 'home' for the first time, I hope they all made it to their destination and survived, such a perilous journey to undertake - there is safety in numbers, I hope! :)
Enjoy this beautiful sunny Wednesday :)
7DWF, Wednesdays: Macro or close-up
Found a toad in my garden today. Turned him over and rubbed his belly and he went into a trance. Learned this from a 6 year old camping this summer. Gosh and I'm seventy but still a kid at heart.
I met this lovely lady at Benholm Mill in March last year, and I look forward to seeing the toads out again soon this year.
Western toad
Santa Monica Mountains
My friend and I did some exploring at night to find interesting animals and came across these.
Having posted a few photos from Harvest Mice to the Lake District, I thought I'd come back to my week in the Scottish Highlands photographing Pine Marten.
During the day, following the heavy downpours which were almost daily, lots of frogs and toads would come out.
This one seemed happy to sit still so I thought I'd try getting a shot of him and the fast flowing river behind.
Someone woke up on the wrong side of the lily pad. The 'forever unimpressed' expressions on frogs and toads do make me laugh.
American toad, body length 8cm.
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A true toad is any member of the family Bufonidae, in the order Anura (frogs and toads). This is the only family of anurans in which all members are known as toads, although some may be called frogs (such as harlequin frogs). The bufonids now comprise more than 35 genera, Bufo being the most widespread and well known.
Tricyrtis is a genus of the botanical family Liliaceae (lily family), known in English as Toad Lilies, supposedly because many varieties have purple spotted, orchidlike flowers.
There are 16 different species and about 55 cultivars. Its native range is from the eastern Himalayas to eastern Asia, including China, Japan, Taiwan, and the Philippine Islands.
Toad lilies mainly grows in woods but can also be found in mountainous areas and on cliff sides.
Tricyrtis in general are late summer to late autumn flowering plants whose very exotic starry or bell-shaped flowers (7 to 12 cm) are borne on attractive arching stems, very similar to an orchid and passion flower. These occur in a wide range of forms usually spotted with a contrasting color.
Tricyrtis is een bloemengeslacht van lelieachtigen (Liliaceae), bekend onder de namen paddelelie en armeluis orchidee, maar ook tuinorchidee en bosorchidee. Er zijn 16 verschillende soorten bekend en ongeveer 55 kweekvormen. Met de naam bosorchidee wordt al een tipje van de natuurlijke vindplaats van deze bloemen opgelicht, namelijk de bosrijke berggebieden en ravijnen van de oostelijke Himalaya tot de eilanden voor de kust van oostelijk Azië (Japan, Taiwan en de Filippijnen).
Tricyrtis bloeit in het algemeen van de late zomer tot ver in de herfst. De langwerpige soms gevlekte bladeren zitten rechtop aan overhangende stengels. De trechter-, ster- of klokvormige 7 à 12 cm grote bloemen kunnen wit, geel, blauw of paars zijn en zijn meestal contrastrijk gespikkeld.
Een Tricyrtis is geen orchidee, maar voor 100 % een lelie.
De bloemen hebben in uiterlijk wel iets van een orchidee en een passiebloem, vandaar de populaire, maar verwarring gevende naam "armeluis orchidee".
Deze foto is gemaakt in de buitenvolière van zorgboerderij www.passiflorahoeve.nl bij Harskamp op de Veluwe.
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2024 is coming to an end, and I for one am glad to see it in my rearview mirror. One of the bright spots this year was finding this big momma toad hanging out in the basin of our River Birch tree. Growing up only a half a block from where I currently live, I could find toads, frogs, snakes and all of the creepy crawly creatures a boy could use to torment his sisters. When we moved in some twenty plus years ago, not so much.
But it is getting better. During the summer nights, bats are flying overhead and the toads are hoping in front of us during our evening walks. A month ago, Luna stopped dead in her tracks as an owl did a fly by.
I wish everyone a wonderful 2025.
Dozens of them moving about on the reserve last week. Had to watch where you walked in places!
Wollerton Wetlands - Shropshire
Good to see plenty in a local pond! Won't be saying that in a few weeks when there's millions of toadlets all over the place!!! 😂
Upton Magna - Shropshire
Bumps, warts, slime and all, still I think these toads are beautiful!
Enjoy with me this second image in my Toad series...
This is probably the most beautiful toad I have ever seen. An absolutely gorgeous mix of colour and markings.
At NYBG :
Toad-lily
Tricyrtis
'Sinonome'
Liliaceae
Toad-lilies belong to the genus Tricyrtus and are members of the Liliaceae family. In spite of their tropical appearance, the toad lily is a fully hardy plant and thrives in USDA growing zones 4 to 8.
The flowers of toad lilies have six petals, typically held in an upright position. However, there are some unusual species with pendulous flowers that resemble campanulas in form. The petals and stigmas of toad lilies usually have showy speckles, ranging from red to purple. The flowers are only about the size of a quarter but are numerous. Some say the blooms resemble orchids. In spite of their petite size, toad lily blossoms are an important source of nectar for wildlife. They attract butterflies, and hummingbirds appreciate this late summer source of energy as they prepare to migrate south.
--- thespruce.com
a macro taken showing the inside of a Toad Lily , had to go hunting the net to find out what it was as i had not seen one.
We now have quite a few toads around our home, which come out to roam around after dark. My next-door neighbor has a little artificial pond that the toads enjoyed quite a bit last year, so maybe the healthy toad population is booming in part due to that.
North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains, California
April 24, 2024
Suddenly the weather has warmed up and so have pond activities. These busy toads were enjoying the early morning sun but not coping so well with the plastic mesh I put over the pond to protect it from cats. They did attempt to squeeze through a hole in the mesh which really isn't kind so once they all managed to get through it I then removed the mesh entirely which I discovered was woven all over by toad spawn laid by a previous group. I freed that too but might have to bring some of that indoors after Wednesday when Arctic air will once again be enveloping us. We have a prunus tree adjacent to the pond and petals are now dropping. I like the heart-shaped petal that is stuck to the female toad.