I am a bit concerned about buying my son a frog. Do you guys know what sort of Humidifier Filters are best for his environment? One San Antonio Patio Furniture company has a brochure for outdoor ponds, but I am wondering what to do during the winter months. Can you guys point me in the right di… Continue

Article written by Mark Day

So the question of lunar events and their potential influence on amphibian migration, more specifically in our case, with leopard toads arose in June at a committee meeting.
News of studies conducted in Europe suggested that species of salamander and toad were moving in time with the full moon cycles.… Continue

I was having lunch at the Noordhoek Farm Village yesterday when I noticed your beautiful poster. On it I saw a reference to swimming pools - that one should limit access to them so that toads don't die in the chlorine or get trapped. I build natural swimming pools for a living and I have seen leopard toads in two of them so far - one in Hout Bay (definitely a leopard toad) and the other in Oranjezicht (I think it was a leopard toad but only caught a glimpse). So the first thing is that I would l… Continue

Our little 3 1/2 month old toadlets are growing big and fat, we have been recording their growth rate with our new gps device and at this stage most of them are ranging from 2cm to 3cm.

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When toadlets left their Noordhoek breeding pond on the 9th of November this year, 500 toadlets were saved from one swimming pool in two days. ToadNUTS were very lucky to come across this pool by chance and only found 15 toadlets that had died before we arrived.

Today ToadNUTS saved a further 50 toadlets… Continue

Thank you to all who contributed towards the worm bin raffle and to Chai Yo Mowbray Restaurant (65 Durban Rd Mowbray 021 6896157) for funding our very first gps unit - we are now able to record our toadlets' growth patterns with this gps device and gather data for SANBI scientists!

Our toadlets emerged 1 month ago at a minute size of 1cm. In just 4 short weeks th… Continue

When we visited some hotels in Augusta GA, we were given some fortune cookies after dinner. It got us talking about a certain swamp in the area where we went for a walk with hello ki… Continue

I had the honour of foraging for this rescue toad and was lucky enough to capture this rarely seen moment!

In real time my eyes couldn’t see the tongue flicking as it takes less than one second!
All you see is the before and after… Continue

Article written by Helen Turnbull from Serendipity Africa courtesy of 'Responsible Traveller' magazine.

It is with more than a hint of curiosity and amusement that I find myself out in the black velvet night on foot – well in gumboots actually - in the bush. Ankle deep in authentic local mud, without a beauty therapist in sight, and armed only with a net and a head torch. I am on the edge of a reed bed, in amongst a small group of fellow enthusiasts enjoying a new edge to Eastern Cape hospitali… Continue

Imagine being only 1cm in size and having to migrate for 2km in two days with obstacles such as roads, swimming pools, gutters, walls..?
There's also the added pressure of having to find habitat and moisture before it stops raining to prevent drying out.
A swimming pool will provide moisture but at what cost?
These 15 endangered Western Leopard toads were fo… Continue