Golden toad led bachelors to attack amplectant pairs and form what has been described as a "writhing masses of toad balls". During the 1977 and 1982 seasons, males outnumbered females by over 8 to 1 at breeding pools. Each toad couple produced 200–400 eggs each week for the six-week mating period, with each egg approximately 3 mm in diameter. The eggs of the golden toad, black and tan spheres, were deposited in small pools often no more than one-inch deep. Tadpoles emerged in a matter of days, but required another four or five weeks for metamorphosis. During this period, they were highly
Oriental fire-bellied toad Oriental fire-bellied toad The Oriental fire-bellied toad ("Bombina orientalis") is a small (4 cm, 2") semiaquatic frog species found in Korea, northeastern China, and adjacent parts of Russia. An introduced population exists near Beijing. They are commonly kept as pets in land and water vivaria. "B. orientalis" is also known as the 'tuti toad'. It may properly be referred to as a frog, despite its common name: it is commonly called a toad because of the tubercles on its back. Oriental fire-bellied toads, species of "Bombina", are typically a bright green with black mottling on their dorsal regions, but their