Surinam Toad

What a weird creature! The Surinam toad has a very flat body and triangular head. This toad also lacks a tongue! Unlike other toads, the Surinam toad is highly adapted to an almost totally aquatic existence. They live in slow-moving, muddy waters in North-East South America. The Surinam toad has special organs along it's sides to detect vibrations in the water, sensitive, tentacle-like projections on the ends of it's fingers for feeling prey, and upward facing eyes to see above the water's surface. When breeding, the eggs are absorbed into the female's back, where they develop in capsules. They then emerge later as mini Surinam toads!