The Surinam toad has an unusual trick for reproduction: instead of leaving their spawn in water to develop, once the eggs are laid, the male presses them into the female's back. She carries them until ...

Surinam toads have bred at Chester Zoo for the first time, marking a milestone for a species rarely seen in UK collections. The aquatic toads, native to South America, are known for a distinctive ...

CHESTER ZOO has confirmed that a toad species that carries its developing young beneath the skin of the female’s back has bred for the first time.

Meet the Surinam Toad, a five-inch-long amphibian that lives in South America. Once the female toad’s eggs are fertilized by the male, they embed in her back, which transforms into a honeycomb-like ...

Chester Zoo welcomes its first Surinam toad hatchlings - rare amphibians with an 'alien-like' breeding cycle - boosting UK ...