Our friend the Indus Valley Toad is also known as the Indian Marbled Toad and Punjab Toad! When handled roughly they will produce excretions that can cause irritation and boils on skin and have been known to sicken or kill dogs that attack them! (photo by Pritom Kumer Sur Roy)

Our friend the Emei Moustache Toad is known for the large row of keratinized spikes that males grow on their upper lip during mating season! These spikes are used to fight for breeding territories! Also, unlike most toads, the males tend to be much larger than the females! (photo by zodiacxxc)

Our friend the Jingdong Toothed Toad has tiny teeth in their upper jaws! They live at high altitudes in the Mount Ailao region of the Yunnan province of China! Like other toothed toads, they have vertical pupils! (photo by Ji-Shen Wang)

Our friend the European Common Toad has the scientific name Bufo bufo, they are literally the "toad toad"! Scientists once found one crawling on the bottom of Loch Ness at a depth of 324 feet (98 meters)! (photo by Charlotte Kirchner)

Our friend the Morro Do Baú Flea Toad is one of seven new species of Saddleback Toads that were first described in 2015 after an expedition in Brazil! Their scientific name Brachycephalus fuscolineatus refers to the dark stripe down their back! (photo by Luiz Ribiero)

Our friend the Western Green Toad is a recognized subspecies of the North American Green Toad, though some scientists argue that they are too closely related to be different toads! They are a secretive toad who hides underground during the day and comes out at night to feed! (photo by John Sullivan)

Our friend the Inca Toad is a beaked toad from Peru! They were first described as a new species in 1913 and have moved in and out of synonymy with other species but recently have been recognized as a unique species! (photo by angelabelen)

Our friend the Earless Toad, Bufo cryptotympanicus, lives in southern China and is named for their lack of external ear structures! They are also known as the Hidden-eared Toad, which is probably more apt because they do have inner ear structures and can hear! (photo by 皓皓)

Our friend the Panamanian Golden Frog is a stubfoot toad from Panama who is considered extinct in the wild but lives in breeding populations in zoos all over the world, such as this one at ZooTampa at Lowry Park! (photo by Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social )

Our friend the Blue-spotted Toad is a very rare toad from Ecuador! They are covered in bluish spots which are believe to be aposematic! That means the colors advertise to predators that they are not good to eat! (photo by Luis A. Coloma)

Our friend Carvalho's Tree Toad lives in the state of Espírito Santo in Brazil! Like other members of genus Dendrophryniscus, they live in trees and lay their eggs in the water-filled cavities of plants! When threatened they stiffen their legs and play dead! (photo by Rafael Barros)

Our friend the Scrawny Stubfoot Toad is a critically endangered harlequin frog from Colombia, once considered extinct but rediscovered in 2016! Breeding populations are being maintained and in 2025 the St. Louis Zoo released nearly 500 toads back into the wild! (photo by Saint Louis Zoo)

Our friend Rhinella kuka lives in Bolivia and is named after the Quechua word "kuka", which is the name of the coca plant from which cocaine is extracted! They were described as a new species just a few years ago! (photo by Martinez-Diaz M)

Our friend Melanophryniscus simplex is a Brazilian redbelly toad that is known for producing toxins that not only make them bad to eat but also help prevent parasites and bacterial infections! (photo by Lucas Fernandes Langer)

Our friend the Asmara Toad is one of only two known bisexual polyploid species of toads! That means they have more than two paired sets of chromosomes! They are named after Asmara, the capital city of Eritrea! (photo by Marius Burger)

The genus of our friend the Mandailing Puppet Toad, Sigalegalephrynus, is derived from "Sigale Gale," which are are life-sized wooden puppets used by the indigenous Batak people of Indonesia during special funeral rites for people without living children! (photo by Erin N. Smith)

Our friend the Cundinamarca Toad lives in Amazonian Colombia and nearby areas in Venezuela! They have often been confused with other similar toads from Ecuador and Peru! They are easily identified by their pink or yellowish patches on their groin! (photo by K. Santamaria)

Our friend Fea's Short-legged Toad is a relatively rare toad who grows to nearly four inches long and has short, stout legs! They spend most of their time hiding in riverside burrows but like to come out during rainy nights! (photo by Ian Dugdale)

Our friend the Convex-tailed Horned Toad is a great example of Asian horned toad, with crests creating large pointy "horns" on their head! They live on Mount Tianping and the neighboring Houhe Nature Reserve in China! (photo by Amaël Borzée)

Our friend the Gollum Toad lives in the Endau-Rompin National Park at the southern end of the Malay Peninsula! Their call is a low, raspy, coughing sound similar to the description of Gollum's voice in the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings! (photo by John Sullivan)

Our friend the Pombali Toad was once considered a separate species, but in 2012 a genetic study proved that they are a hybrid species created by interbreeding between the species Rhinella ornata and Rhinella crucifer! (photo by Ronald Péret)

Our friend the Binchuan Horned Toad lives on Mount Jizu in northern Yunnan, China! They are a member of family Megophryidae, also known as Goose Frogs! (photo by David M. Hillis)

Our friend the Common Spadefoot lives in a huge area extending from Central Europe to Western Asia! They are also known as the Garlic Toad, because when they are scared they excrete a chemical that smells like garlic! (photo by Christoph Moning)

Okay, okay, here's a better photo of our friend the Khasi Hills Toad! They are also known as the Mawblang toad or simply the Rock Toad!

Our friend the Khasi Hills Toad is a very rare toad who lives in the Khasi Hills near Cherrapunji in northeastern India! They are known for hiding inside the crevices of rock boulders in streams winding through the forests of the Khasi Hills! (photo by Arpitha Joy)

Our friend the Puruanta Toadlet is only known from Ecuador, where it lives on the Cordillera Oriental in Imbabura and Sucumbíos provinces! Their name comes from Laguna Puruanta, a lake near where they were first discovered! (photo by Felipe Campos)

Our friend the Darkside Pumpkin Toadlet gets their name from the dark patch of skin they have on their back! They literally have a dark side! They have the deepest voice of all Brachycephalus toads, which is still pretty squeaky! (photo by Lana Zortéa)

Our friend Sterling's Toothed Toad is only known from a single stream on Mount Fansipan in Vietnam! They have a tiny row of teeth on the roof of their mouth! Though they are called toads, they are better classified as frogs because they are not in family Bufonidae! (photo by Benjamin Tapley)

Our friend Darwin's Diabolic Toad is a redbelly toad who was first described as a new species in 2021! They are only known from two small areas in the Sierra de la Ventana of southern Argentina! (photo by Daniel Chiesa)

Our new friend Duttaphrynus dhara was first described as a new species this year and is named after the traditional Khasi female attire “Dhara”! (photo by Holiness Warjri, Madhurima Das, A.A. Thasun Amarasinghe, and Jayaditya Purkayastha)