The reed toad is a small amphibian with a yellow stripe along its back. It lives in Europe, runs quickly on the ground, and makes very loud sounds during breeding.
The reed toad differs from related species by a bright yellow stripe on its back and the fact that it runs rather than jumps. It is beneficial to nature because it destroys many insects and serves as food for birds, snakes, and other animals.
Immature form that undergoes metamorphosis before adulthood.
Worker
Hot summer almost without rain
Tail size
birth time
ambush
Dogs, dolphins, lynx hang out for 9-25 years and party on their birthday three times a year
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Map
will celebrate their {n} birthday
shallow coastal zones of rivers and lakes
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summer mild, +15…+20 °C
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When your next jubilee falls in {name} life years
Human
ambush hunting with tongue
Egg string color
days
Warm summer
worms
How old you would be if you lived as {name}
Theoretical maximum lifespan estimated from the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) mathematical model. This value reflects a biological potential derived from metabolic parameters, not from direct observation — real recorded lifespans are often significantly shorter.
mollusks
Dorsal stripe count
adult
Maturity
invertebrates
insects
About health
anything
When your next birthday would fall if you lived as {name}
Repro interval
results
Eyes count
summer warm, winter not very cold
Colors
Cool summer
Sex
Upcoming jubilees
Gremllins
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Uses an excavated underground tunnel or chamber for refuge or nesting.
Trophic type
all living animals without backbone
Filters
Tail count
Palearctic realm
Mediterranean forest
Upcoming birthdays
standing fresh waters — lakes, ponds, oxbow lakes
Truly long lives: 40-100 years. Bowhead whales, albatrosses, giant tortoises recall their birthday at most once a year
Hind legs color
Lifespan
tongue
16 to 24 grams, 7 – 12 centimeters
rains almost always, very humid
Age (juvenile)
Age (from birth to death)
Age (embryo)
most of Europe and Asia, various forests, steppes and tundra
Wanderers
Jubilee = every 10th birthday
Earliest developmental stage inside an egg or womb.
Business sausages
Lifespan average
young after fast growth
Regeneration
Juvenile stage following larval metamorphosis but not yet adult.
What do they look like?
Maturity
emergence (insects)
end of lifespan
How do they live?
fertilization / egg laying
Produces toxins capable of causing harm when delivered.
How do they behave?
birth / hatching
metamorphosis / end of larval stage
end of acceleration
Share
swampy freshwater biotopes — peat bogs, marshes, river mangroves
live snails, mussels, oysters
Find a pet...
Mature, fully developed individual capable of reproduction.
Actively hunting and capturing live prey.
Pets
Parotoid glands count
Parotoid glands size
{name} jubilee
Eyes size
cm
Old-timers
Find an animal or breed...
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Rascals
terrestrial grassland and steppe
Tail color
Flooded grasslands
after fast growth and adult
Litter size
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
How to care for them?
Living from 25 to 40 years. Orangutans, bald eagles, African elephants celebrate their birthday twice a year
°C
Not specified
Where are they found?
all rivers and lakes
Hind legs size
Summer almost without rain
Legendary longevity: over 100 years. Galapagos tortoises, Greenland sharks, ocean quahogs celebrate with family once every 4 years
Offspring
Elders
Bro
lakes and ponds
freshwater marsh and wetlands
Taxons
carnivore
freshwater pelagic
almost no rain in summer, more precipitation in winter
Parotoid glands color
External gills count
if born as {name}
age
Predator remains still and concealed before launching a sudden attack.
birth date
Palearctic realm
freshwater coastal and creek
Warty skin color
Close
was
Career from 7 to 15 months. Dwarf hamsters, voles, field crickets celebrate their birthday twice a month
The basics
Venomous
My weight?
summer is hot and almost no rain falls
Non-stop carnival: they only live a few days. Mayflies, rotifers, midges celebrate their birthday more than twice a day
primary food sources
burrow
Potential Habitat
Very hot summer
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In husbandry
On the go from 1.3 to 3.5 years. Forest mice, anoles, rainbow fish party on their birthday once a month
lots of rain, summer not hot
Mass
Mosquitoes, fruit flies, small crustaceans hustle for up to 7 months and throw a birthday party every week
Gestation
summer very hot, above +25…+30 °C
{name} birthday
live annelid worms
No results found
Eyes color
omnivory, they eat plants, animals, and mushrooms — almost any food
On the map
lunge
Pleasant summer
Female ♀
all life stages
dry and hot summer, warm and rainy winter
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
Potential habitat modelled from GBIF occurrence data. Map © Zveriki.com, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
open water in the water column of a freshwater body, away from the bottom and shore
birth year
Maturity
Egg string count
sq mm
yr
comfortable summer, +20…+25 °C
External gills size
How similar?
Male ♂
until the celebration
age as {name}
How do they breed?
On the go from 3.5 to 6 years. Hedgehogs, crows, lizards treat themselves to birthday snacks 6 times a year
What if eaten?
spiders
Neither
What do they eat?
Where do they live?
early young
water often floods the land, lots of grass
Freshwater
Temperate mixed forest
Duration
live insects
This is me
most of Europe and Asia, various forests, steppes and tundra
freshwater
Always very wet
Gamers
How are they built?
External gills color
Cool summer and lots of rain
mm
Theoretical lifespan
ml
Stars
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My age?
wk
My size?
live spiders — arachnids of all sizes
Hind legs count
Asexual
swap
freshwater environment — rivers, lakes, ponds, swamps
active predation
Rabbits, falcons, red-eared turtles hang out for 6-9 years and party on their birthday four times a year
Where do they take shelter?
Warm summer and lots of rain
celebrated their {n} birthday
open grassy spaces — steppes, savannas, prairies
When you would have been born if you lived as {name}
Daddies
Lifespan maximum
from development to end of fast growth
Hermaphrodite ⚥
Uses the tongue to locate, manipulate, or ingest food items.
Mandarin
embryo
Dorsal stripe color
summer warm, many oaks, birches, maples
Length
kg
lots of rain, warm and pleasant summer
Rapid forward strike to seize prey.
Observations
◉{N} more on tap