Notaden

Notaden is a genus of frogs. They live in central and northern Australia. They are a digging frog.

Notaden
Crucifix Toad (Notaden bennettii)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Myobatrachidae
Subfamily:	Limnodynastinae
Genus:	Notaden Günther, 1873
Species
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The distribution of Notaden

Description

Its body is very round in shape with a short neck. Its pupils are horizontal slits. It has long arms and short, stubby legs. Its fingers do not have webbing and its toes may have little to no webbing. The skin is slightly warty. Because it looks like some species of toads it is often incorrectly called a toad. It lets out a poisonous sticky fluid from its skin when picked up. It lays eggs in chains like some toad species.

Species

Common name	Binomial name
Crucifix Toad	Notaden bennettii (Günther, 1873)
Northern Spadefoot Toad	Notaden melanoscaphus (Hosmer, 1962)
Desert Spadefoot Toad	Notaden nichollsi (Parker, 1940)
Weigel's Toad	Notaden weigeli (Shea and Johnston, 1988)

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