Common toads surprise biologists by climbing trees

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The common toad has a fat body and webbed feet unsuitable for climbing – so it’s a surprise to discover that the amphibian can clamber up into trees.

The common toad is a rather rotund animal with short legs and an ungainly gait.

It certainly doesn’t look like a good tree climber – yet citizen surveys suggest that common toads often climb trees to hide in hollows and nest boxes.at the University of Cambridge. “The people who do surveying for bats were like, ‘Oh yeah, we do find toads from time to time’. But nobody working with toads knows this.”

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