I found a toad recently and have had it about a week. It was a pale color at first and now is turning black. What is the reason for this change?
if were talking about bufo americanus the american common toad then they can change color. Your toads skin color changes depending on temperature, humidity, and stress. The color change ranges from yellow to brown to black.
i would really advise u put it back where u found it taking toads from the wild seriously stresses them out this can lead to illness or even death also many dont make it past a month in captivity and more die soon after that in otherwords your just being cruel by keeping it please put it back where u found it and buy a toad from a pet store
it’s called hepomermus.
it’s a disease where frogs change there color when they don’t have enough chemicals for their skin color in their body.
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will you people never learn to just leave wildlife alone? they do not make good pets.
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if were talking about bufo americanus the american common toad then they can change color. Your toads skin color changes depending on temperature, humidity, and stress. The color change ranges from yellow to brown to black.
i would really advise u put it back where u found it taking toads from the wild seriously stresses them out this can lead to illness or even death also many dont make it past a month in captivity and more die soon after that in otherwords your just being cruel by keeping it please put it back where u found it and buy a toad from a pet store
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