A toad in the garden?

Toads are actually land animals. They generally only swim when they are breeding. Although they are built very much like frogs, which live in the water most of the time, toads spend most of their time on land (though they prefer damp places). Toads are a gardener's friend. They are one of the few animals which will eat slugs and they also eat many other garden pests. If you can make your toad a nice cool, damp hole (under a large stone, perhaps), he will reward you by taking care of slugs, snails, worms and other bugs.

Did an animal pick it up and re-locate it? We had a cat that used to bring us home all kinds of live things; toads, lizards, birds, chipmunks, rabbits... and set 'em free ALIVE, in the house. Or maybe it built a little raft, and floated there on the rain water. LOL

The toad does not need to be near water; you are thinking of a frog. I find toads in the summer in my flowerbeds and window wells. They don't harm anything, just a curious visitor and cheap pest control for your plants.

Toads are commonly seen in moister areas but most especially in dry land.Some say they are not really poisonous though I doubt it.Others say wrong handling of toads can cause warts on our skin.Like frogs they helps in our ecosystem by eating insects that harms our plants.

Wow I have not seen a toad in a garden before as I have always seen them near water. Did you keep the toad? Like you need more pets, but then you do well with them and they are always lucky to be with you. I got a up close glimpse of toads in Arkansas and found them very interesting and cute.

Some frog or toad eggs could get carried from transported water plants and find their way to small bodies of water like a pond ( natural or artificial), hatch to become a tadpole and eventually a frog or a toad. These creatures are so important to the eco-balance that I sometimes deliberately catch frogs and toads and release them in our garden.

I do not think toads live in rivers. Some frogs do. We have always had toads around our house and in our gardens if there were any damp places at all. A word of caution, although they are not really poisonous, if a dog or cat catches one their skin has or releases a chemical that makes the animal foam at the mouth. Toads eat insects and are a very good thing to have.

We do not live near a real water source either as we live in the country in a fairly wooded area, but we have toads in our yard all the time. They sometimes frighten me when they jump as I am walking just because they startle me. My daughter is totally freaked out by them and scared of them. I find that funny, but I am scared of mice and snakes so I guess being scared of toads is not strange.

The toad is an amphibious animal .I guess It got to your garden in order to prey on insects.The toad has many pimples with poison gland inside on its skin.The dried secretion from the pimples is used as medicine which possesses cardiotonic effect as digitalis and inhibits leukemia .By the way,the mulberry is a kind of Traditional Chinese Medicine too.

I see frogs and toads everywhere near the place I rent. They are numerous and very noisy during the night! My rented apartment is on the second floor and still, many toads can climb up to our level so it is no surprise that those animals can get to anywhere that they want. I also notice that many toads get caught hit by cars on the roads. Squeezed frog remains are a pretty often site on provincial roads and high ways near farms.

The toad is your "organic insecticide" and "organic pesticide." They eat the insects that could have harmed your plants. They also eat insects that bring harm to humans, like flies and mosquitoes. The toad's presence indicates a good micro climate balance and rich biodiversity in your garden. One thing though: you may not enjoy their music.

We don't live near pond or any water resources but in our backyard I always saw some toad, and at night I hear them making some noise, my mom said if you hear a frog that making loud noise it means it will rain, but I think toads are also good because they can eat insects in your garden. but me personally I'm afraid of them, I don't know why but whenever I saw some I jump and run away, it gives me goose bumps.