Malaysian Narrowmouth Toad

• defensaIt can puff its body up markedly in defence, making it hard for a predator to swallow whole.
• It inflates like a balloon until it doubles its volume when it feels threatened, wedging itself into its refuge and becoming impossible to swallow, while at the same time secreting a sticky, irritant mucus.
• Its mouth is tiny in proportion to its body, an adaptation to eating termites and ants one at a time, which is practically all it consumes.
• Its call is a deep, resonant bellow that has earned it the popular name of bullfrog in several Asian countries, and that it gives above all on nights of heavy rain.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (amphibian)

Habitat and environment

Forest, gardens, rice fields and urban areas of southern and South-East Asia

Sexual maturity

12 months

Gestation / incubation

Larval development in temporary pools

Litter / clutch size

1,000 eggs

Sources consulted: Wikipedia (es): Kaloula pulchra