What animals eat toads?

What eats a toad? What do toads eat? What animals eat toads? The place of the toad in the food web or food chain, including which natural enemies or predators kill and eat toads. read more

Although toads can defend themselves with their poisonous cutaneous secretions and paratoid glands, which produce a foul-smelling toxic chemical as a deterrent, some animals such as raccoons learn to flip toads over to avoid the poison and eat the toads' undersides. read more

Fish, birds and a a variety of mammals all like to eat them. But adult toads have far fewer natural enemies than adult frogs do. A toad’s dry skin contains glands that secrete poisonous chemicals. These chemicals can make predators very sick if they try to eat a toad. So, very few animals make a habit of eating toads. As for what toads themselves eat: Toads eat a variety of insects. read more

Several animals eat toads. Many snakes do including the common garden snake and hog nosed snake. So do hawks, herons, and raccoons. read more