cool-critters: Helmeted water toad (Calyptocephalella gayi) The helmeted water toad is found in cent
cool-critters: Helmeted water toad (Calyptocephalella gayi) The helmeted water toad is found in central Chile, and possibly adjacent west-central Argentina. This very large toad weighs up to 0.5 kg. It is aquatic and found in deep ponds and small reservoirs. It is threatened by capture for human consumption, habitat loss, pollution, and introduced trout. It can reach a snout–to-vent length of up to 12 cm in males and 32 cm in females. Their food in the tadpole stage is vegetation. Adults vary their diets to live animal prey, feeding on fish, invertebrates, small birds, small mammals and frogs. photo credits: José Grau de Puerto Montt -- source link
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