#redbelly toad

[herpsandbirds]

Rivera Redbelly Toad (Melanophryniscus devincenzii), defensive display, family Bufonidae, Brazil

ENDANGERED.

this type of defensive display, where bright aposematic coloration, usually hidden on the underside, is displayed by flipping over or curling upwards to show off the colors, is called the unken reflex.

photographs by Amaël Borzée

[critter-creature-or-beast]

trickery or treatery? >:3

Trickery, treatery... toadery? Here's your redbelly toad. You can also call him a bumblebee toad, he doesn't mind.

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[herpsandbirds]

Admirable Redbelly Toad (Melanophryniscus admirabilis), family Bufonidae, endemic to one specific region in the Atlantic Forest of southern Brazil, along the rocky edges of the Rio Forqueta in Arvorezinha, Rio Grande do Sul

CRITICALLY ENDANGERED.

Endangered due to habitat disturbance/destruction.

The toad has beneficial bacteria that seems to protect it from the Chytrid fungus.

photograph by Amaël Borzée