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Helmeted Water Toad
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Helmeted Water Toad

Place of Origin and Range The Helmeted water toad is found in central Chile, and possibly adjacent west-central Argentina.
Description These toads are coloured yellow, brown, and green, with light green in mature specimens, while the oldest are grey, or have grey patches on a dark background.
Adult Size Can grow up to 5.9 in(15 cm)
Accommodation A semi-aquatic terrarium or filtered aquarium. The latter should have planted and floating plants and a floating piece of driftwood or a plastic lily pad to allow the frogs complete emergence from the water. A steady warm temperature of 25 C or 77 F in a basking spot. No water heater.
Lifespan Can live 10+ years
Feeding / Diet Their food in the larval stage is vegetation. In adult form, they vary their diets to live animal prey, feeding on fish, invertebrates, birds, and small rodents, and even cannibalism.
Breeding The female lays eggs in water bodies containing abundant vegetation. Larval life lasts about two years. After hatching, larval survival depends on the presence of vegetation as the existence of movements in the body of water maintain good oxygenation, but the presence of seasonal ponds with some degree of drainage is essential for hatching, as these sites contain fewer predators to the larvae. Then, the transport of larvae from ponds, to larger bodies of water during the rains, or transport of these among several bodies of water facilitates the survival and allows a good development of populations. The larvae prefer cooler areas of the body of water and protective aquatic vegetation, unlike toad larvae that occupy the same sites and have a higher degree of pigmentation that protects them from the solar rays.
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