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Mr. Toad


Mr. Toad, of Toad Hall, is one of the main characters in the novel "The Wind in the Willows" by Kenneth Grahame and also the title character of the A. A. Milne play "Toad of Toad Hall" based on the book. Mr. Toad is an anthropomorphic common toad who is the village squire, being the wealthy owner and occupant of Toad Hall. Toad is very rich and a bit of a fop, with a penchant for Harris tweed suits. He owns his own horse, and is able to
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, comic character. Mr. Toad reappears as the lead character in A. A. Milne's 1929 play "Toad of Toad Hall", based on the book. Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, originally planned as a roller coaster but adapted by Walt Disney as a family-friendly dark ride, is one of the few Disneyland attractions operational since the park's opening in 1955. The ride is based on the 1949 film "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad", itself developed (in part) from Grahame's 1908 novel
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he crashes the car into a pond, and is once more pursued by the police. He falls into the river and swims to safety. Soon, Toad is reunited with his friends, but his home Toad Hall has been requisitioned by the Wild Wooders. Sneaking through an underground passage into Toad Hall, the four animals drive the Wild Wooders out and Toad reclaims his house, receiving a celebration for his return the next day. The film was followed by "The Willows in Winter" in 1996 based on the novel of
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's washerwoman disguise. He vastly exaggerates the battle plan, fooling the stoats into thinking that overwhelming forces are advancing on Toad Hall. That night, Badger, Ratty, Moley and Toad sneak into Toad Hall via an old secret tunnel. Aided by the fear of Moley's warning, they deceive the weasels into surrendering and successfully reclaim Toad Hall. Even though he has won the day, Toad acknowledges that his experiences have done away with his conceit and ignorance ("Mr. Toad Reprise"). He openly adopts a
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begs the friends to help her find Portia, Mole suggests he looks after Mr Toad whilst the Rat and Badger join the search. Feigning illness, Mr Toad escapes Toad Hall, and steals a beautiful new car ("Toad's Escape"). After being arrested for his crime of stealing the car, a court scene takes place with the Wild Wooders as the jury, making sure that Mr Toad is imprisoned so they can take over Toad Hall and claim it as their own. Without showing much remorse, Toad recalls
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of the group following the Battle of Toad Hall) into helping with the search. Meanwhile, Toad has bought an aeroplane, but is angry that only a qualified pilot may fly it for him. The pilot agrees to keep his head down while flying the plane, to give the impression that Toad is flying it himself. Ratty and Badger spot Toad flying over, then they go to Toad Hall to use the plane to look for Mole. Toad knocks out the pilot and commandeers the plane with Ratty in the back seat
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it. The play has four main characters: Rat, Badger, Mole, and Toad. Toad's caravan and car adventures are included, as well as his imprisonment, escape, and subsequent fight with the weasels and stoats to regain Toad Hall with the help of his friends. Although not a musical, the play contains six songs, with music written by Harold Fraser-Simson. During the play's history many actors have played the part of Toad in a number of plays, films, and TV dramatizations. These
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from the start. Badger's party is a flop, with everyone missing Toad. Toad returns to his ancestral home and, finding everything missing, assumes the worst. He accidentally sets the house on fire, melodramatically refusing rescue and resigning himself to a fiery death as everyone discovers what's happened. Ratty and Mole, however, use the tunnel under Toad Hall to get in and heroically save Toad. Toad is left miserable as he has no insurance and will be unable to restore Toad Hall, but the letter Ratty found
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mirror image of the Right Track's "Hell" sequence. Disneyland Paris does not have a Mr. Toad's Wild Ride in operation. According to Tony Baxter, in early plans there was to be a version of the ride closer to the movie, with the most notable change being that instead of Hell for the ending Toad would blast off in his flying machine. The Fantasyland section of Disneyland Paris does have a restaurant named Toad Hall. This restaurant opened with the park on April 12, 1992. The exterior is based
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mural. The motorcars entered Toad Hall with its large stained glass window, welcoming the guests with portraits of Cyril and Toad nearby. Guests passed a staircase with two Toad statues and a fireplace. The Hall dead-ended with suits of armor and the motorcar turned a corner. Guests then entered the kitchen with the guests colliding with the Butler’s butt, launching them into the countryside. Upon exiting Toad Hall, guests saw Ratty’s house with a boat nearby. Then guests turned a corner and saw a sign pointing in
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car from the weasels. However, since Toad had no money, he instead offered to trade Toad Hall for the car. The prosecutor and judge show disbelief toward the statement, so Toad then calls the bartender Mr. Winky as a witness to the agreement; however, when told by Toad to explain what actually happened, Winky falsely testifies that Toad had tried to sell him the stolen car. Toad is found guilty on the spot and sentenced to 20 years in the Tower of London. As the months passed by, Toad
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Toad Hall (ANU)


Toad Hall is a residential hall in Australian National University, it was opened in 1974. Toad Hall is primarily a residence for post-graduate/ mature age (generally over 23 years old) students drawn from some 50 countries across the globe. It is located at the corner of Barry Drive and Kingsley Street, Acton. Sullivans Creek and the Drill Hall Gallery are nearby. The Toad Hall residence was designed by internationally acclaimed Australian architect John Andrews, and is listed in the Royal Australian Institute of Architects Register of Significant Twentieth Century
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Toad Hall (The Wind in the Willows)


Toad Hall is the fictional home of Mr. Toad, a character in the 1908 novel "‘The Wind in the Willows’" by Kenneth Grahame. On his retirement from the Bank of England in 1908, Grahame returned to Blewbury in Berkshire, the county in which he had grown up. In October that year he published "The Wind in the Willows", a novel for children featuring an array of anthropomorphic characters, including Rat (a water vole), Mole, Badger and Toad. Toad lives in a house
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Toad of Toad Hall


Toad of Toad Hall is a play written by A. A. Milne, the first of several dramatisations of Kenneth Grahame's 1908 novel "The Wind in the Willows", with incidental music by Harold Fraser-Simson. Its first production was at the Lyric Theatre, London on 17 December 1929. Milne extracted the adventures of Mr. Toad, which make up about half of the original book, because they lent themselves most easily to being staged. Milne loved Grahame's book, which is one of the reasons he decided to adapt
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-kept lawns reaching down to the water's edge". Its owner is in no doubt as to its merits: Finest house on the whole river,' cried Toad boisterously. 'Or anywhere else, for that matter. The hall has a "very old banqueting-hall" and a "large boat-house". Stables stand to the right of the house, as viewed from the river. An ancient passage, unknown to Toad but vouchsafed to Mr Badger by Toad's father, and of critical importance
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in possession of the deed. Knowing that the deed bearing Toad and Winky's signature would prove Toad's innocence, the four friends sneak into Toad Hall and take the document after a grueling chase around the estate. The film then ends on New Year's Day with Toad exonerated and regaining his house while it is implied that Winky and his minions have been arrested and imprisoned. As MacBadger, Ratty, and Moley celebrate the New Year with a toast to Toad, who they believe has completely reformed, Toad and Cyril recklessly
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set in and around London, England, United Kingdom between June 10, 1909 and January 1, 1910. The protagonist J. Thaddeus Toad, Esq. is introduced as an "incurable adventurer" who "never counted the cost". As the story's "one disturbing element", although he is the wealthy proprietor of the Toad Hall estate, Toad's adventures and "positive mania for fads" have brought him to the brink of bankruptcy. As a last resort, Toad's friend Angus MacBadger volunteers as Toad's
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he is possessed by his former passion and drives furiously, declaring his identity to the owner who tries to seize him leading to yet another crash ("The Greatest Great Escape"). Badger discovers Toad at the doors of Toad Hall. Badger and friends tell Mr Toad that Toad Hall has been taken over by weasels and stoats from the Wild Wood and even worse, that Portia is trapped inside. After Mole convinces two guards that an attack on the Hall is imminent Badger announces that he knows of a secret tunnel into
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the court as they knew nothing about Toad's friends. A letter from the 'Times' editor is suddenly delivered, revealing that both he and Badger vouch for Toad's good character, and the judge's butler also testifies on Toad's behalf, revealing that the sweep is still alive and reminding everyone that Toad's actions saved several lives (even if he did it by mistake). Toad is acquitted of all charges and allowed to return to Toad Hall, learning before he goes that the butler knew who he was
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guards, until Toad changes his mind. Feigning illness, Toad bamboozles the Water Rat (who is on guard duty at the time) and escapes. Badger and Mole are cross with Rat for his gullibility, but draw comfort because they need no longer waste their summer guarding Toad. However, Badger and Mole continue to live in Toad Hall in the hope that Toad may return. Meanwhile, Toad orders lunch at The Red Lion Inn, and then sees a motorcar pull into the courtyard. Taking the car, he drives
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, Rat and Mole are evicted by the Weasels, who have annexed Toad Hall for themselves. Rat and Mole tunnel under the castle to free Toad, but he is helped by the sympathetic Jailer's daughter and her reluctant Tea Lady Aunt. Toad escapes, disguised as the latter. Having forgotten Toad's wallet in his cell, Toad, Rat, and Mole board a train. The police, who have stowed away on the carriages, demand that the train be stopped. Toad confesses the truth and begs the driver to
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writer, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. Grahame mentions this in a signed copy he gave to Quiller-Couch's daughter, Foy Felicia. Despite its success, he never attempted a sequel. The book is still widely enjoyed by adults and children. It has given rise to many film and television adaptations, while Toad remains one of the most celebrated and beloved characters in children's literature. In 1929, A. A. Milne wrote the play "Toad of Toad Hall", which is based on part of "The Wind
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Toad Hall. Toad refuses to take Badger's advice to stay away from motorcars, so the three lock Toad in his bedroom, guarding him day and night. The next day, Toad feigns illness and asks Ratty to fetch a lawyer. Toad then escapes and stops a motorist, Reggie (Jonathan Cecil) (who consistently mistakes him for a frog), and his wife Rosemary (Una Stubbs). Toad steals their car and insults a policeman, calling him a "Fat face!" after nearly running him over
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Toad Hall (ANU)


Architecture and on the Commonwealth Heritage List. John Andrews' other significant works include Gund Hall, the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. The University Council allowed the hall of residence to be named Toad Hall following the recommendation of the first residents of the hall where the setting, with the long line of willow trees between the hall and Sullivans Creek, was evocative of Kenneth Grahame's children's novel, The Wind in the Willows. Toad Hall is currently managed by the Head of Residence, Dr Ian Walker, who
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from reaching the factory, which contains the detonator to blow up Toad Hall, to no avail. Unbeknownst to both of them, the explosives are actually in the factory (Rat had switched the labels on the explosive's containers earlier, leading the Weasels to believe the explosives were actually bone supplies for the factory), and as such the Chief blows himself up along with the factory, leaving Toad Hall intact and Toad's friends safe and well. Afterwards, Toad makes a public speech swearing off motor cars and promising to
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moment (it being winter), they resolve that when the time is right they will make a plan to protect Toad from himself; they are, after all, his friends, and are worried about his well-being. With the arrival of spring, Badger visits Mole and Rat to take action over Toad's self-destructive obsession. The three of them go to Toad Hall, and Badger tries talking Toad out of his behavior, to no avail. They put Toad under house arrest, with themselves as the
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tells them of his plot to steal Toad Hall so they can live the good-life. Portia, still looking for food, is kidnapped by the gang. Inside Badger's house, Mole and Rat convince Badger to come to Mr Toad's aid ("A Friend is Still a Friend"). The trio arrive at Toad Hall to find that Mr Toad has ordered a new car after yet another crash and set out to guard him in his bedroom until he learns some sense. Mrs Otter arrives and when she
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Cane toads in Australia


is also a colloquial term for an inhabitant of Queensland, particularly the state's State of Origin rugby league team members and supporters. "The Cane Toad Times" was a satirical humour magazine based in Brisbane, Queensland. Cane toad races are popular in some towns and pubs. Toads are given humorous names and punters can bid or buy a toad or bet on them like horse racing. It is common for entrants or the winner to have to kiss their toad. The invasive nature of cane toads was referenced in "The
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Chirinda toad


The Chirinda toad, Chrinda forest toad, Mashonaland toad or Boulenger's earless toad (Mertensophryne anotis) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae with a restricted distribution in eastern Zimbabwe and western Mozambique. The Chrinda toad is small, about 45mm in snout to vent length. The head length is equal to its width, with a pointed snout projecting beyond its mouth and the skin is covered in smooth warts. It lacks a tympanum and the paratoid glands are large and reach the base of the arm on the sides
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Toad (Nintendo)


from the villains of the game. Mini Toads (toy versions of Toad) are included as playable characters throughout the "Mario vs. Donkey Kong" series, starting with "". Mini Toads make a returning appearance the in 2010 release of "" as playable characters who assist Mario on his journey to rescue his friend Pauline from the clutches of Donkey Kong. Toad makes appearances in "Super Mario Maker". A Mystery Mushroom costume based on Toad can be unlocked, and Toad appears at the end of the 10-Mario challenge
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his own heart) called Isambard Beerbohm Toad. Together, they form a plan which involves the kidnapping of the real Toad and the acquisition of Toad Hall, all without the riverbankers noticing. Once this is done, Isambard continues to play the role of Toad in public, having perfected his voice and mannerisms. However, Badger, Rat and Mole cannot help noticing some slight oddities about their friend, particularly when he spreads slanderous remarks that the three have supposedly made about each other. Then, as if that were not
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Mr Toad, had sold the land to finance his latest fad: caravanning. Mole meets the Water Rat. Seeing Mole's distress, Rat takes Mole to see Toad. Toad encourages them to join them in his newly bought horse-drawn caravan. A speeding motor car frightens the horse, tipping the caravan over. Toad instantly discards the cart and becomes obsessed with motoring. He is a reckless driver and funds his cars with loans from the Weasels. Their volatile Chief tries to persuade him to sell Toad Hall. After
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. It was made by Manchester-based animation company Cosgrove Hall for Thames Television and shown on the ITV network. An hour-long feature, "A Tale of Two Toads", was broadcast in 1989, and a fifth season of 13 episodes was shown in 1990 under the title "Oh! Mr Toad" in some countries, whilst retaining the title "The Wind in the Willows" in others. Main characters The series is sometimes misidentified as being filmed in claymation. The method used by Cosgrove Hall is a
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Ken Moule


He resigned from the septet in 1955 (they continued to work as the 'Ken Moule Seven'). In 1956–59 he arranged for Ted Heath's orchestra, and during this time composed the suite "Jazz at Toad Hall", based on Kenneth Grahame's "Wind in the Willows", which was released on Decca Records in 1958. "Jazz at Toad Hall" received significant critical acclaim on its initial release. He worked in Sweden (1959) and toured Europe with Kurt Weill's Band until March 1960.
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off in search of food. Rat and Mrs Otter warn Mole about the inhabitants of the Wild Wood and tell him of wise but solitary Badger who lives there. Then of the extraordinary amphibian, Mr Toad, and his need for speed ("Speed is of the Essence"). Summer is drawing near, and the Swallows arrive ("One Swallow Does Not a Summer Make"). Mole and Rat visit Toad Hall at the request of Mr Toad. Mr Toad is rich, jovial, friendly and kind-
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on the edge of the River Bank, Toad Hall. The novel was almost universally condemned by critics, but achieved very considerable sales. It has been in print continuously since its publication and has been adapted for plays, a ballet, films and musicals. Originally published as plain text, it has subsequently been illustrated by a number of notable artists including Paul Bransom, Arthur Rackham and E. H. Shepard. Grahame's description of Toad Hall is sparse: "a handsome, dignified old house of mellowed red brick, with well
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1908), one of the two segments of the film "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad" (1949). It is currently operating in Fantasyland. Corey Burton performs every voice at the attraction, except for the usage of audio from the film. Disneyland Paris also has a restaurant named Toad Hall. Guests entered via motorcars into a medieval festival tent having a large mural painted by Claude Coats, depicting characters from The Wind in the Willows in the center and "Toad’s Adventures" on both sides of the
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A Tale of Two Toads


A Tale of Two Toads is a 1989 hour-long feature from the 1980s stop motion animation series "The Wind in the Willows". The film was animated by Cosgrove Hall and broadcast on Children's ITV. A further season of 13 episodes was shown under the title, "Oh, Mr. Toad" in some countries, whilst retaining the title "The Wind in the Willows" in others. The Chief Weasel discovers that Toad has a double: an actor, impersonator and con artist (in short, someone after
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Richard Goolden


"Toad of Toad Hall", based on Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows". His Shakespeare roles included Costard ("Love's Labours Lost", 1932), Aguecheek ("Twelfth Night", 1933), Quince ("A Midsummer Night's Dream", 1938), Fool ("King Lear", 1943), Young Gobbo ("The Merchant of Venice", 1944), Roderigo ("Othello", 1944), Polonius ("Hamlet", 1944) and
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what happened - claiming that it was the car that stole him, and not the other way round, while Rat, Mole and Badger try and convince him to show some remorse for his crime. The scene ends with Mr Toad being sentenced to twenty years in jail ("As if in a Dream"). With Toad in prison, the Wild Wooders have taken over Toad Hall and are fattening up Portia, readying her for a feast to come ("We're Taking Over the Hall"). In prison
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of Fire". A slightly extended version of this recording, with some additional guitar and bass edited in from another performance, appears on Cream's four-disc compilation album "Those Were the Days" (1997). "Toad" also featured in Cream's reunion concert in May 2005 at the Royal Albert Hall, and appears on the "Royal Albert Hall London May 2-3-5-6, 2005" album. "Toad" was performed by Ginger Baker's Air Force, and a 13-minute version
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the engine driver still lets him escape by throwing him off the train and into a field. Toad calls in at Ratty's and learns the weasels have overthrown Badger and taken over Toad Hall. Toad is upset, but Badger has a plan. The next night, the friends sneak through a secret tunnel and fight the weasels. Toad spends most of the battle swinging on his chandeliers but manages to fall on the Chief Weasel, knocking him unconscious. After victory, Badger, Mole, and Ratty settle down and think of
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Badger and is ultimately arrested for stealing and crashing a motor-car outside a pub. During his trial, Toad's defence lawyer is no help at all due to Toad's behaviour. Furthermore, the Weasels are dominating the public box. The Chief Weasel poses as one of the rabbits in the Jury and coerces the terrified creatures to give a guilty verdict. After Toad insults the Court and makes a botched escape attempt, the enraged Judge gives him a hundred-year sentence in a castle dungeon. Back in Toad Hall
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Adaptations of Australian animals to cane toads


the toxic anuran. Correspondingly, gape size decreases with increasing body length. Conversely, species at a lower risk from cane toads, including the marsh snake and the keelback snake, show no significant morphological variation over time. The arrival of cane toads has also exerted selection pressures on the feeding behaviour and toxin tolerance of snakes. Red-bellied black snakes from regions where cane toads are well-established, have developed increased resistance to toad toxins. Furthermore, the presence of cane toads has induced genetically based behavioural adaptations in this
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Duttaphrynus hololius


Duttaphrynus hololus, known as Günther's toad, Malabar toad, or rock toad, is an uncommon, rock-dwelling toad found in the Eastern Ghats and Deccan plateau of peninsular India. The crown of this toad lacks bony ridges and has a short, prominent snout. Its inter-orbital space as broad and the upper eyelid; tympanum very distinct, nearly as large as the eye and close to it. Fingers short, first extending a little beyond second; toes short, webbed at the base only; subarticular tubercles
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"; the former refers to its size, and the latter to the binomial name, "R. marina". It was one of many species described by Linnaeus in his 18th-century work "Systema Naturae" (1758). Linnaeus based the specific epithet "marina" on an illustration by Dutch zoologist Albertus Seba, who mistakenly believed the cane toad to inhabit both terrestrial and marine environments. Other common names include "giant neotropical toad", "Dominican toad", "giant marine toad", and "South
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who have driven out Mole and Badger. Although upset at the loss of his house, Toad realizes what good friends he has and how badly he has behaved. Badger then arrives and announces that he knows of a secret tunnel into Toad Hall through which the enemies may be attacked. Armed to the teeth, Badger, Rat, Mole and Toad enter through the tunnel and pounce upon the unsuspecting Wild-Wooders who are holding a celebratory party. Having driven away the intruders, Toad holds a banquet to mark his return,
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's friends make every effort to appeal his case, but to no avail. On Christmas Eve, Cyril visits Toad in disguise as his grandmother and helps him escape by giving him a disguise of his own. Toad quickly runs to a railroad station and hijacks a train locomotive and drives out of the station heading toward the river bank without getting caught by the police on another locomotive. Meanwhile, MacBadger discovers that Winky is the leader of the weasel gang, and that they have indeed taken over Toad Hall; Winky himself is
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Countdown (Polystyle Publications)


artists John M. Burns and Eric Kincaid (better known for his "Toad of Toad Hall" and "Riverbank Tales"), gave the impression that Perry (a.k.a. Larry Line) was always out and about somewhere in the ever-expanding world. "Countdown" sought to benefit from the closure of "TV21" and the consequent availability of the licence to publish strips based on Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation TV shows, which had been popular throughout the 1960s. So the comic featured a strip based on the latest Gerry
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their journey by crashing into a library, where MacBadger is seen teetering atop a ladder with a stack of books. They then crash through the fireplace, where fiberoptic effects simulate the scattering of embers on the floor. Narrowly avoiding a falling suit of armor, the passengers break through a set of doors to find the interior hallway of Toad Hall in disarray, as weasels swing from chandeliers. Guests then enter the dining room, where Moley is eating at a dinner table and gets knocked aside. Upon leaving Toad Hall, guests
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theme to the original film - was sung by British singer-songwriter Ralph McTell. The Stone Roses guitarist John Squire also worked on this series, but as a prop maker not a musician. VHS DVD 1. Classic Willows Tales - 1. The Yuletide Entertainment (cut version), 2. Caught in a Maze, 3. Grand Annual Show, 4. Badger's Remedy. 2. Typical Toad - 1. Mercury of the Motor bicycle, 2. Burglary at Toad Hall, 3. Fire at Toad Hall
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boat, nearly drowning Moley, but Ratty saves him and pushes him along to shore. Ratty resolves to have it out with Toad, and he and Moley paddle down the river together ("Messing Around in Boats"). On the way downriver to Toad Hall, they pass Badger (voice of Jose Ferrer), who is tending his land on the riverbank. Despite their friendly greetings, Badger gruffly reminds them that he is not the most social of animals and retreats. At Toad Hall, Ratty and Moley find
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slaughterhouse in its place, with which they will turn all of the peaceful Riverbankers into dog food. They have also damaged the area near to Badger's home, which provokes him into taking decisive action against them. Badger and Rat attempt to infiltrate Toad Hall disguised as weasels, but are captured. Along with Toad, they are placed over the factory's mincing machine. The Chief, Clarence and Geoffrey return to Toad Hall to prepare the victory celebration, leaving St. John in charge of the machine. Mole, who has
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Toad from Badger. Not long thereafter, an old wayfarer visits Ratty and tells him all about the world beyond the riverbank. Overcome with wanderlust, Ratty follows him, but aborts his adventure when he finds Badger's young nephew Portly lost in the woods. Moley finds them at the same time as Badger finds Toad washed up on the riverbank, ostensibly with the help of a mystical wood-spirit called Pan. As part of the scheme to retake Toad Hall, Moley calls upon the stoats guarding the gate, using Toad
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old caravan horse. There he encounters the very same motorcar whose theft landed him in prison; but in his disguise he fools the owners into letting him drive again. Lesson still not learned, he loses control of the car and barely survives. In the meantime, Ratty, unaware of Toad's escape, writes him a letter detailing the takeover of Toad Hall by Wild Wood animals, principally weasels. While describing the ruin wrought on Toad Hall ("A Party That Never Ceases"), Ratty hears the news about
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Storybook Land Canal Boats


on June 16, 1956, under the new name Storybook Land Canal Boats. Over the years several scenes have been added to and removed from the attraction. Most notably, the Sultan’s Palace from "Aladdin" appeared where the miniature Toad Hall from "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad" had previously stood for a major refurbishment done in 1994. Toad Hall returned the following year in another location. For the 50th anniversary of Disneyland in 2005, the Tinker Bell boat was painted gold and the lighthouse given a gold
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Toad (Nintendo)


is most often seen with his blue vest. In the "Mario" cartoons, Toad has on occasion removed his non-canon mushroom cap, revealing three strands of hair. Toad is also seen with pants of a white color that resemble the base of a mushroom or toadstool stalk. At most times, Toad is portrayed as a rather cowardly character. Despite his fears, Toad is usually one of the few people who tries his best to support Mario when he is on his adventures, from providing items to actually adventuring
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Harold Fraser-Simson


"Toad of Toad Hall" (1929), which was successful and enjoyed many revivals. His settings of Milne's verse include a children's song cycle "The Hums of Pooh", based on verses from "Winnie-the-Pooh" and "The House at Pooh Corner". This was included in Julian Slade's 1970 adaptation of "Winnie-the-Pooh". He published six volumes of songs setting verses from Milne's "When We Were Very Young". They were first recorded for the
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Shirley Stelfox


of the George Orwell novel, starring John Hurt and Richard Burton. Somewhat typecast as a prostitute she played another in Terry Jones's comedy "Personal Services" (1987) based on the life of Madame Cyn, the brothel owner who entertained celebrities and politicians. On the West End stage, Stelfox played Sue Lawson in "Not Now", Darling (Strand theatre, 1968) and Phoebe in "Toad of Toad Hall" (Duke of York’s theatre, 1970). Stelfox portrayed a stand-up comedian in
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Kenneth Grahame


Kenneth Grahame ( ; 8 March 1859 – 6 July 1932) was a Scottish writer, most famous for "The Wind in the Willows" (1908), one of the classics of children's literature. He also wrote "The Reluctant Dragon". Both books were later adapted for stage and film, of which A. A. Milne's "Toad of Toad Hall" was the first. The Disney films "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad" and "The Reluctant Dragon" are other adaptations. Kenneth Grahame was
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Malabar tree toad


The Malabar tree toad or warty Asian tree toad ("Pedostibes tuberculosus") is a species of toad found in forests along the Western Ghats of India south of Goa. It is small and is found in wet tree hollows or leaf bases containing water. This is a slender frog with a moderate-sized head. The snout is pointed and the lores are vertical. The distance between the eyes is as wide as the upper eyelid width. The ear opening (tympanum) is well marked and is about a third of
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A Year with Frog and Toad


A Year With Frog and Toad is a musical written by brothers Robert (music) and Willie Reale (book and lyrics), based on the "Frog and Toad" children's stories written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel. The musical follows the woodland adventures of two amphibious friends, a worrywart toad and a perky frog, with their assorted colorful hopping, crawling and flying companions, over the course of a year. The show broke new ground by bringing professional children's theatre to Broadway, sparking the interest of the age
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Larkin 25


a "Tiger Toad" (based on the mascot of Hull City A.F.C.) and a "Typographical toad" adorned with Larkin's poetry. The toads were auctioned for charity at the end of the event, though there were calls to make them a permanent feature. Most of the sculptures have been removed and transported to their new owners but some remained in situ after the sale. On 26 September 2010 it was reported that the toads had been auctioned for £60,000 though some had hoped their popularity could have made them a
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Scutiger wuguanfui


Scutiger wuguanfui is a species of toad in the family Megophryidae. It is endemic to Tibet and only known from its type locality in the Medog County. The specific name "wuguanfui" honours Wu Guanfu, a Chinese herpetologist. Common names Wu's lazy toad, Medog lazy toad and Medog cat-eyed toad have been coined for it. Adult males measure and adult females, based on a single specimen only, in snout–vent length. The body is stout and the head is large. There is no tympanum,
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Osgood's Ethiopian toad


and was also said to be present in an isolated population in the Gughe Mountains, although the existence of this population was based on a single specimen which may have been misidentified. If the putative population in the Gughe mountains is not included then this toad's total range covered an area of . Osgood's Ethiopian toad is mainly a species of tropical montane forest, possibly extending marginally into open moorland. There is an observation of these toads breeding in a small pool, which was probably temporary, within a grassy glade surrounded by
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Toad (Nintendo)


and the easy mode of the 100-Mario challenge, saying that Princess Peach has been taken to another castle (kind of like what happened in "Super Mario Bros."). Another Mystery Mushroom costume based on Captain Toad from "" was also made available through an update. In "Super Mario Run", Toad is one of six playable characters and it can be unlocked by connecting a My Nintendo account. In addition, he is the referee of Toad Rally if players use Toadette. In "Mario & Sonic at the
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Ian Wallace (singer)


musical works. In the theatre, Wallace's roles included Bottom in "A Midsummer Night's Dream", of which "The Times" wrote, "he takes the stage like one inspired, and the result can seldom have been funnier". Other acting roles included César in a West End musical version of Marcel Pagnol's "Fanny" with Robert Morley, the Emperor of China in Cole Porter's "Aladdin", Toad in "Toad of Toad Hall", and Ralph in "The One O'Clock World"
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Toad (instrumental)


with drum solos by Baker, Remi Kabaka and Phil Seamen appears on their 1970 live album, "Ginger Baker's Air Force", recorded at the Royal Albert Hall in January 1970. "Toad" later evolved into "Toady", which featured on "Ginger Baker's Air Force 2" (1970). The Cream website, "Those Were the Days", described "Toad" as "a coherent drums solo that remains unequalled in Rock Music. It influenced many contemporaries and innumerable budding drummers." "
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Texas toad


when disturbed. They spend between eighteen and sixty days as tadpoles depending on circumstances such as water temperature, after which time they undergo metamorphosis and leave the water as juvenile toads. Other toads using the same water bodies for breeding include the Gulf Coast toad ("Incilius valliceps"), the green toad ("Anaxyrus debilis"), the Great Plains narrow-mouthed toad ("Gastrophryne olivacea") and Couch's spadefoot toad ("Scaphiopus couchii"). The Texas toad sometimes hybridizes with Woodhouse's toad (
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Frog and Toad Are Friends


and asks a snail to deliver the letter to Toad's house. Returning to Toad's house, Frog tries to convince Toad to try again at waiting for the mail, but ends up waiting for it himself. When Toad asks why, Frog mentions the letter and describes what he wrote in it, which cheers up Toad enough to wait for the letter. It takes four days for the snail to reach Toad's house, but he eventually arrives with Toad's letter, Toad is very happy to know the wait was
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Berber toad


The Berber toad, also known as Mauritanian toad, Moroccan toad, pantherine toad or Moorish toad ("Sclerophrys mauritanica"), is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae, which is found in north-western Africa, with an introduced population in southern Spain. The Berber toad is a large toad, reaching 13–15 cm in body length. The upperparts are beige to olive with large orange or red spots. The underparts are white with small grey spots. It can be found in a variety of colour morphs,
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Mr. Toad


Toad Hall from the clutches of the weasels. Although he has escaped from jail, and the police initially pursue him, he is never re-arrested. No reason is ever given for this, but in the 1949 Disney movie, he is shown being framed for theft when he "should" be in jail for twenty years. In "The Willows in Winter", the sequel to the 1995 animated film, Toad is arrested again after being recognised by the Chief Judge as the criminal he convicted before and is hauled
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The Wind in the Willows


who at this time of year spends all his days in, on and close by the river. Rat takes Mole for a ride in his rowing boat. They get along well and spend many more days boating, with “Ratty” teaching Mole the ways of the river, with the two friends living together in Ratty’s riverside home. One summer day, Rat and Mole disembark near the grand Toad Hall and pay a visit to Toad. Toad is rich, jovial, friendly and kind-hearted, but aimless and
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Mr. Toad


before a court, but he is released because of several good deeds he has done since his escape. Ultimately, Toad has his heart in the right place. His characteristics have made him arguably the epitome of the stock character of the lovable rogue. Since July 17, 1955, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, a dark ride based on "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad", has operated at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. A larger, two-tracked version of the attraction operated at Walt Disney World's
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Toad (comics)


knowledge. For example, while he could construct and utilize a powerful exoskeletal armor, he would be unable to improve on its base design. Although Toad's amphibian-like traits extend to his physical appearance, this was revealed to be contingent upon his mutation during the events in which the High Evolutionary deprived the world's mutant population of their extraordinary abilities. Following the events, Toad was revealed to be an extremely handsome young man. This is as he would look had he not been born a mutant. Toad later gained
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Duttaphrynus melanostictus


Duttaphrynus melanostictus is commonly called Asian common toad, Asian black-spined toad, Asian toad, black-spectacled toad, common Sunda toad, and Javanese toad. It is probably a complex of more than one true toad species that is widely distributed in South and Southeast Asia. The species grows to about long. Asian common toads breed during the monsoon, and their tadpoles are black. Young toads may be seen in large numbers after monsoon rains finish. The top of the head has several bony ridges, along the edge
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The Hall of the Dead


used a trap involving rocks to decimate Gunderman's unit. However, the mercenary follows him into an ancient city. Meanwhile, Conan is surrounded by red toads, which bring a stone idol to life. After being swallowed by the toad-like idol, Conan has a vision of a blind serpent and three mysterious robed figures. He slices his way out of the toad's stomach and continues his journey. Soon, Gunderman approaches Conan and offers a share in the fabled treasure with him. Conan agrees, and the two
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The Wind in the Willows (1995 film)


but does not wish to blow his cover, so he blocks up the fireplace in his room and requests a chimney sweep. Getting the sweeper drunk, Toad switches clothes with him and attempts to escape, but his vanity gets the better of him and causes him to confess who he really is. The judge then attempts to arrest him, but Toad narrowly escapes. The riverbankers arrange a party at Badger's house for the Wild Wooders (their promised reward for searching for Mole), so they go to Toad Hall to
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Oh, Mr. Toad


Oh, Mr. Toad was a television spin-off from the 1980s stop motion animation series "The Wind in the Willows". The show was animated by Cosgrove Hall and broadcast on the ITV network. It then became Series 5 of the main series, when it came onto DVD. Despite having a different title, it really differed very little from the previous series, except that every episode focused primarily on Toad, whereas other characters would often have been at the centre of the episodes of "The Wind in the Willows
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Constantine Gregory


of Trinity College Players and in 1965 went with them to the Edinburgh Festival with a hugely successful late night revue directed by Max Stafford-Clark at the Traverse Theatre founded by Jim Haynes which had then only been going for two years. His first professional job was as the back legs of Alfred the Horse in the annual Christmas production of "Toad of Toad Hall" in London's West End. He also understudied Mr Toad, and played Fat-Face the Policeman. Then he followed the usual path of actors in British
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Adaptations of Australian animals to cane toads


cane toads. This behaviour is hypothesised to reduce the rate of potentially dangerous encounters with large toads. However, similar avoidance behaviour in frogs naïve to cane toads at the toad invasion front, suggests that frogs may simply seek shelter sites free of unfamiliar scents, rather than learning to directly avoid cane toads from olfactory cues. Birds appear more resistant to cane toad toxins than reptiles or amphibians. As a result, birds are unlikely to be at risk of fatal poisoning from eating cane toads. Therefore, cane toads may represent a
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Toad Day Out


Toad Day Out is a pest control event which takes place in Queensland, Australia on the 29 March of each year. Its focus is to reduce the population of the invasive cane toad. The toads are caught live and unharmed. The day was originally advocated by politician Shane Knuth. Toads are captured and taken to be humanely destroyed. Prizes are awarded for children who find the heaviest toads, and schools which capture the most toads (by weight). Before they are destroyed, the toads are inspected, weighed and bagged
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Arizona toad


woodhousii"). One threat faced by the Arizona toad is hybridization between these two species. They occupy similar habitat but theoretically should not hybridise because they breed at different seasons. However the male Arizona toad has occasionally been observed to mate with the female Woodhouse's toad. The Arizona toad has also been known to attempt mating with the Great Basin spadefoot toad ("Spea intermontana"), the Great Plains toad ("Bufo cognatus"), the red-spotted toad ("Bufo punctatus"), the canyon
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Cane toads in Australia


video game, there's a quest titled "You Call That a Toad", the player has to kill a group of enemies called "Cane Toad" after local wheat farmers brought these toads from foreign continent to devour the locusts but the cane toads have no natural predators on the new land and have taken over the region, leaving the farmers with no choice but to slay them all. Townsville holds an annual "Toad Day Out" where the community learn about and catch cane toads, with prizes for the largest toad
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Sand toad


The sand toad, Cape sand toad, common Cape toad, or narrow-headed toad (Vandijkophrynus angusticeps) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae (true toads). It is endemic to South Africa and found in southwestern and southern part of Western Cape Province to extreme southwestern Eastern Cape Province, from Nieuwoudtville in the west to Humansdorp in the east, along the coastal flats and Cape Fold Mountains from the sea level to asl. Sand toads are morphologically similar to other "Vandijkophrynus" species, but can usually
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Cape mountain toad


The Cape mountain toad or Rose's mountain toad ("Capensibufo rosei") is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. Other common names include Rose's mountain toadlet, striped mountain toad, Rose's toad, and Muizenberg Cape toad. It is endemic to South Africa, where its natural habitat is Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation known as fynbos. It is threatened by habitat loss. Female Cape mountain toads grow to a length around , while males are smaller at . The body is relatively long, the hind limbs
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Toad (Nintendo)


In "New Super Mario Bros. Wii" and " U", there are 2 playable Toads (multi-player only), one blue and one yellow recolor. The blue Toad has a similar appearance similar with the original Toad and even shares the same voices as Toad in "New Super Mario Bros. Wii" (the yellow Toad has a higher pitched voice). Red spotted Toads aren't playable, they play an extra role including the host of Toad houses, and being strewn throughout different levels that Mario must bring
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The Wind in the Willows (1983 film)


Hall. Toad invites them to join him on a caravan trip along the Open Road, with his horse Alfred pulling the caravan. On the group's first camp out for the night, Ratty misses his home on the river but does not want to disappoint his friends. The following day, disaster strikes as a passing motorcar spooks Alfred and sends the caravan into a ditch. Toad suddenly decides motor cars are the only way to travel. Rat and Mole can do nothing but look on as Toad buys and then almost immediately
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Wind in the Willows (1988 film)


to see every bit of it. Along comes Rat, who befriends Mole and offers him a ride on his small blue rowboat as well as a short picnic by the riverbank. Rat tells Mole about the different creatures who live near the river. There's Badger, who is very grumpy and doesn't like company, and Toad, who is very wealthy and lives in a fine mansion along the riverbank named "Toad Hall". When the two friends set out to meet Mr. Toad, Rat is bewildered to see that
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The Wind in the Willows


, permit him to drive their car. Once behind the wheel, he is repossessed by his former exuberance and drives furiously, declaring his true identity to the passengers who try to seize him. This leads to the car landing in a horse-pond, after which Toad flees once more. Pursued by police, he runs accidentally into a river, which carries him by sheer chance to the house of Rat. Toad now hears from Rat that Toad Hall has been taken over by weasels and stoats from the Wild Wood,
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American toad


toad. Fowler's toad can be especially difficult to identify in comparison to the eastern American toad but one difference is that it never has a spotted belly and both cranial crests touch the parotoid glands. Also, Fowler's toads are very fast hoppers (bursts of 5-10 fast hops) in comparison to Eastern toads lethargic, casual hopping and walking locomotion. In the eastern American toad these crests almost never touch the parotoid glands, which secrete bufotoxin, a poisonous substance meant to make the toad unpalatable to potential predators.
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New Mexico spadefoot toad


The New Mexico spadefoot toad ("Spea multiplicata") is a species of American spadefoot toad found in the southwestern United States and Mexico. Like other species of spadefoot toad, they get their name from a distinctive spade-like projections on their hind legs which enable them to dig in sandy soils. "Spea multiplicata" can be identified by its wedge-shaped spade. Some sources also refer to the species as the Mexican spadefoot toad, desert spadefoot toad or southern spadefoot toad. The New Mexico spadefoot toad grows from
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F. C. Ricardo


the King's Hall after George V. On his death in 1924, he left a legacy of £814 2s 0d to pay for the maintenance of the Hall. In 1963, the hall was taken over by the Stanley Spencer Gallery. Ricardo was said to have been Kenneth Grahame's inspiration for Toad of Toad Hall in "Wind in the Willows", as he drove round the village in a yellow Rolls-Royce and would offer lifts to any residents he saw. He collapsed and died suddenly while walking with his niece
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Elegant stubfoot toad


The elegant stubfoot toad ("Atelopus elegans") is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae found in lowlands and Andean slopes of northwest Ecuador to asl and on the Gorgona Island, off southwest coast of Colombia. It was described by George Albert Boulenger in 1882 based on a specimen collected by Edward Whymper. It is known in Spanish as "rana jambato del Pacífico" or simply "jambato del Pacífico". The species was described by George Albert Boulenger in 1882 based on a female specimen collected by Edward Whymper during
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American toad


The American toad ("Anaxyrus americanus") is a common species of toad found throughout the eastern United States and Canada. It is divided into three subspecies—the eastern American toad ("A. a. americanus"), the dwarf American toad ("A. a. charlesmithi"), and the rare Hudson Bay toad ("A. a. copei"). Recent taxonomic treatments place this species in the genus "Anaxyrus" instead of "Bufo". The eggs of the American toad are laid in two strings and can
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Toad Rage


toads everywhere (or almost everywhere) are safe again. This book was followed by four other books: "Toad Away", "Toad Heaven", "Toad Surprise" and "Toad Delight". Reviews for "Toad Rage" were positive, with "Publishers Weekly" describing the book as "Saucy fun from start to finish." The "School Library Journal" review notes the adventurous story and the colourful use of Australian slang (with a glossary in the back) as being key to a "hugely
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Toad (Nintendo)


(such as mistaking Luigi for Mario in green clothes or thinking that Wario would betray the rest of the group). In "Luigi's Mansion", Toad appears in various parts of the mansion as a save point. Different colored Toads appear in "Super Mario Sunshine" as Peach's attendants. In "Super Mario Galaxy", Toads appear at the beginning of the game as some of the citizens of Toad Town. Later on, a group of Toads appear as the "Toad Brigade" led by new character
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Adaptations of Australian animals to cane toads


native tadpoles, northern gudgeon were able to differentiate between the tadpoles of cane toads and native species. Native Australian frogs have a low tolerance to cane toad toxins. Whilst the relatively small body size of native frog species compared to adult cane toads, prevents native anurophagous species from consuming larger toads, most species will readily prey on small metamorph toads. At this ontogenetic stage, cane toads contain the lowest concentration of toxins. Nonetheless, consumption of recently metamorphosed toads by native frogs is often fatal to the predator. Therefore, the
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Adaptations of Australian animals to cane toads


tolerate cane toad toxins and therefore readily prey on the invasive species. Laboratory tests showed that the dusky rat and the grassland melomys will eat cane toads even when provided with a non-toxic alternative prey item. However, these rodent species are more likely to consume small metamorph toads than larger juvenile or adult toads. This selection reflects ontogenetic changes in the toxicity of cane toads whereby metamorph toads contain the lowest concentration of toxins. Cane toads were introduced into northern Queensland between 1935 and 1937. The population rapidly expanded and the species
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Oriental fire-bellied toad


fire-bellied toads should be kept in water, with some kind of land or island to allow them to periodically climb out of the water. These frogs are not strong swimmers and may (but rarely) drown in water that is too deep. An ideal enclosure has plenty of land and water-based hiding places, as well as a land-based location suitable for depositing live food. Fire-bellied toads have a sensitivity to chlorine and chloramine - tap water should be treated or allowed to stand for several days
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