In dry weather they move into underground refuges. Newts are carnivorous, eating a variety of aquatic and terrestrial insects, spiders, worms and other invertebrates. Western Toad Bufo boreas Toads are frogs that are generally more terrestrial in habit, often with drier and rougher skin. Many of these warts are poison glands to protect the toad from predators. These toads lay their eggs in ponds and streams in long, gelatinous strings that may contain thousands of eggs.
Toads are valuable pest controllers, eating literally thousands of insects yearly.
It may be green, brown, copper, reddish, gray, or tan, with crossbars, Xs, spots, or no pattern at all. Despite its variation, it can be recognized by the dark stripe that runs from its snout along the upper jaw and through the eye. Its skin is somewhat bumpy and is usually patterned like the rocks in the area. This frog depends on camouflage for protection, but will take to the water if detected. Its voice is a duck-like quack.