The snake and the toad #1

Query: Bombina orientalis

Result: 16^th of 17

Subject:	The snake and the toad #1
Poster:	John White (reptiles@erols.com)

hog1-Eastern Hognose Snake-eats Oriental Fire-bellied Toad-by John White.jpg

File size : 29308 bytes File date : 1999:08:30 09:00:00 Resolution: 475x331 Jpeg process : Baseline Posted Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals Posted Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 14:01:43 -0400

The snake and the toad #1

A friend of mine let me barrow an Eastern Hognose Snake to photograph.
Eastern Hognose Snakes normally eat toads but I was unable to find any
so I bought a Fire Belly Toad from my local pet store. BIG MISTAKE!!!

The snake grabbed the toad with great enthusiasm!

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Best Regards,

John White
Reptiles & Amphibians of Virginia
http://www.erols.com/reptiles/

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Comments
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John,
Thats a Bombina orientalis! Who fed it to a Hognose?
Kurt

Bombina orientalis
16/17

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