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Oriental Fire-Bellied Toad
| Place of Origin and Range | Oriental fire-bellied toads, species of Bombina. |
| Description | Oriental fire-bellied toads, species of Bombina, are typically a bright green with black mottling on their dorsal regions, but their complexion may also darken to brown and even black depending on their background scenery. Like other Bombina species,these toads have a bright yellow to red (generally bright reddish-orange) ventral region mottled with dark brown to black. The skin on its dorsal side is covered in small tubercles, and although it is typically referred to as a toad, the fire-bellied toad is not a true toad |
| Adult Size | Can grow to 1.5 - 2 in ( 3.8- 5 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. |
| Lifespan | Can live 14 + years |
| Feeding / Diet | These toads eat insects and worms, but will learn to accept pieces of floating Koi chow. Dust insects with a calcium D3 supplement before feeding once a week. |
| Breeding | Breeding takes place in the spring with the warming of the weather and increase in rain. Males call to the females with a light barking croak. They jump onto the back of any other fire-bellied toad that happens to pass by, often leading to male-male confusion, but rarely any sort of fighting. Females lay 40 to 100 eggs in a large cluster, usually around submerged plants, near the water's edge. Tadpoles hatch from the eggs in three to 10 days depending on the temperature of the water. The tadpoles begin to develop legs in 6–8 weeks, and are fully metamorphosed and begin venturing on land in 12–14 weeks. |
