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I found a pond with mating toads. Im use Earsight Standard V2 microphones and Tascam FR-AV2 recorder.

🐸 European Common Toad (Bufo bufo)
📍 Habitat
Found all over Europe (except Ireland, Iceland, parts of Scandinavia, and some Mediterranean islands).

Loves woodlands, gardens, grasslands, and even urban areas if there's access to water for breeding.

🔍 Appearance
Color: Usually brown, grey, or olive, with dry, warty skin.

Size: Males ~5–8 cm; females ~8–13 cm (females are generally larger).

Eyes: Striking copper-colored or golden with horizontal slit pupils.

🧠 Behavior
Nocturnal – active mainly at night.

Moves with a slow crawl or short hops, unlike frogs that leap.

Produces a mild toxin from skin glands as defense (not dangerous to humans but tastes nasty to predators).

Can live 10–12 years in the wild, sometimes longer in captivity.

🐣 Breeding
Breeds in spring, often returning to the same pond every year.

Males make soft croaking calls and grab females in a position called amplexus.

Females lay long strings of eggs (up to 6,000!), unlike frog spawn which is laid in clumps.