page_title: Natterjack toad
section_title: Life history
hierarchical_section_title: Natterjack toad / Life history
caption_attribution_description: English: Egg strings of the Natterjack Toad (Epidalea calamita), found near Den Haag in May.
context_page_description: The natterjack toad is a toad native to sandy and heathland areas of Europe. Adults are 60–70 mm in length and are distinguished from common toads by a yellow line down the middle of the back, and parallel paratoid glands. They have relatively short legs, and this gives them a distinctive gait, contrasting with the hopping movement of many other toad species.
  Natterjacks have a very loud and distinctive mating call amplified by the single vocal sac found under the chin of the male, so their name literally means the chattering toad – the jack that natters.
context_section_description: Natterjacks live for up to 15 years and feed mainly on insects, especially beetles. At night they move around open terrain with sparse vegetation, and in loose sand their tracks can often be seen. They move considerable distances each night, enabling the species to colonize new habitats very quickly.
caption: Egg strings
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