Talk:Common toad

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sporn toadsporn I never heard these words. As used, they seem mean spawn or toadspawn. extensive web searching did find a few uses of the word sporn but I still wonder. is this a regular word? a regional variation? on line dictionaries (including wiktionary) and google's define function had no definitions for it. I dont want to change it myself, but perhaps the article's author would consider it.

Thanks for your careful checking. It was just a spelling error! Billlion 06:24, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I modified the sentence that implied that toadpoles are not tadpoles. The wikipedia article tadpole says: A tadpole is a larval frog, toad, salamander, or newt. This is correct. "toadpole" is cute portmanteau word, but it hasn't reached the level of an accepted word, easily found in dictionaries.

I think your edit is fine. Tadpole does serve as a generic term, however toadpole is widely term in the England, although perhaps not so much by biologists! Many small children and their parents who have dipped their jam jars in ponds to catch them for generations would make the distinction between tadpoles and toadpoles. Billlion 06:24, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Interestingly tadpole comes for the old english tadige or tadie for toad! Maybe old english pond dippers didn't make so fine a distinction.Billlion 06:29, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Fuzzy picture

My picture wasn't "fuzzy". that is actually the toads texture. Not sure if the French picture of mating toads is better, it does illustrate the size difference between male and female and the variation in colour, but it does not show the body shape and shorter legs (compared with a frog). Any views please? Billlion 07:13, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Earthquake detacter

I read the news online. Wow! They are the kinda the first species of animals which's scientifically proven to be able to preticted the coming of an earthquake. It had proven they had forecast an earthquake 5 days earlier in central Italy. AMAZING!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.186.9.238 (talk) 00:53, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

Pictures

Why are all of the pictures showing them mating? 81.130.27.104 (talk) 12:03, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

They no longer are. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:46, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Some comments

After skimming the article (I'll give it a thorough read later), I came across a few issues. The most serious one is that the article specifically states it's only about the Northern European subspecies of Bufo bufo. But if that's the case, then it's not sufficient for an article supposed to cover the whole species. Then it should either have its own article at Bufo bufo bufo, or be expanded to cover all subspecies. I think the last option would be best. It also seems the cultural section covers toads in general, for example by mentioning Zoroaster, but the common toad does not seem to be present in Iran. On that note, it could be nice to have some images in the culture section, and I'll see if I can find any, since you stated you were unable to. There is also other interesting free media which could be used, for example the call[1], a video[2], and a "valued set" showing camouflage[3]. Maybe a lead image where the toad is less obscured by grass could be used? FunkMonk (talk) 13:52, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

There are some medieval etchings here[4], would they not most likely depict the common toad? And some here:[5] FunkMonk (talk) 14:11, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

You make some interesting points here. With regard to the subspecies, I know they exist but I have found practically nothing about them which limits what I can include in the article. I could omit the statement that the article is about Bufo bufo bufo because very few of the sources distinguish between the subspecies at all. Your other points are good too. The etching of the witch feeding her familiars is probably out of copyright. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:40, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

Your solution for the subspecies issue is good, and as for the familiars, I can upload that if you don't have time. Since it's most likely from North Europe, isn't it also most likely supposed to depict Bufo bufo? FunkMonk (talk) 07:45, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

I've now read the article and added some more comments on the peer review page. FunkMonk (talk) 22:48, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Some more suggestions, perhaps you should left align a few images (mainly those that face away from the text otherwise, per MOS), they seem cluttered on the right side? And perhaps add the "upright" parameter to the vertically long images? Then they will not be so huge. Another thing that might be nice is to have a collapsible synonym list, like on Red Rail. FunkMonk (talk) 13:32, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

Maybe we should have a vertical version of the tadpole image made. It protrudes very far vertically, and interferes with much of the article... FunkMonk (talk) 18:38, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Satan's coat of arms

Is it just me, or are those frogs instead of toads? The file description also says they are frogs. FunkMonk (talk) 04:57, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

If you look at the article Frog you will see that toad is a term commonly used to describe certain species of Anuran but that there is no taxonomic distinction between frogs and toads. However, I couldn't find a reliable reference for the coat of arms and would suggest that I remove the fact and the image from the article. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:58, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

It's of course not an anatomically correct drawing either, but it seems to be more slender, and have a pointier snout than a toad, more like a green frog. FunkMonk (talk) 08:41, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Found a source for the fact. LittleJerry (talk) 17:56, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. That's very helpful. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:11, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

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How long do frogs live

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