Common name: the European fire-bellied toad
Conservation status: Least Concern
Distribution:Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine
Size: up to 60 mm
Description: upperside varies from dark-grayish to brown with large dark spots, underside is orange or red with large black spots
Habitat: wetlands, shallow stagnant lakes, ponds, flooded rice fields
Activity: diurnal and nocturnal, hibernation occurs from October to late March
Diet: various invertebrates
Reproduction: breeding period occurs in April-July
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- Province of Saratov, Russian Federation
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- Province of Saratov, Russian Federation
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- Province of Saratov, Russian Federation
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- Province of Saratov, Russian Federation
