Do snakes eat toads?

Abstract: toads usually hunt and move at night, feeding on beetles, moths, snails, maggots, etc. Toads are poisonous and are considered to be one of the five poisons. Snakes eat frogs, but do you know that snakes eat toads? Let's take a look at it together.

Toads usually hunt and move at night, feeding on beetles, moths, snails, fly maggots, etc. Toads are poisonous and are considered to be one of the five poisons. Snakes eat frogs, as we all know, but did you know that snakes eat toads? Let's take a look at it together.

Do snakes eat toads?

Snakes eat toads. Snakes are the natural enemies of frogs, toads and other animals. snakes have physiological toxins against toad skin, and they also have knife-like teeth on the maxilla. The structure of swallowing is similar to that of other snakes, but toads brag about their bodies for defense. The snake enlarged its back teeth through the toad's body and pricked its lungs, and the deflated toad looked like a punctured tire.

However, experiments and behavioral observations show that the teeth are too short to deflate the toads. They transmit venom to the toads by biting and easily swallow the poisoned and relaxed toads.

What are the natural enemies of toads?

During the tadpole period, the enemies are carnivorous fish, turtles, shrimps, rice field eels, water snakes, water centipedes, leeches, aquatic plankton, etc. In addition, big tadpoles eat small tadpoles, young toads and adult toads eat small tadpoles. The enemies of adult toads include carnivorous fish, snakes, turtles, rodents, otters, leeches and some birds. Toads themselves may eat each other.

Against the sky: toads devour little snakes

At 4: 00 p.m. on June 3, 2009, Chongqing resident ran Longzhong accidentally filmed a rare scene of toads swallowing snakes while traveling in Qingcheng Mountain, the whole process was only about five minutes. At that time, Mr. ran was wandering in Qingcheng Mountain. When he came to a bush, he suddenly saw a fist-sized, orange-red, black-striped toad devouring a small snake with the same stripes. I saw that the little snake had been swallowed by the toad, but it was still wriggling and struggling. Five minutes later, the little snake was completely swallowed into the stomach of the toad. According to local people, small snakes are common rotten grass snakes, but it is rare for toads to swallow snakes.