Toaders

Event Year: 2025
Event Location: Cocoa-FL
Competition: Critter Comfort Cottage
Division: 3-5
School: Viera Elementary
Team Name: Toaders
Project Name: Critter Comfort Cottage
Team Size: 3

Environment moist, muddy and sometimes dry. A toad needs a cage at least 10 gallons

From left to right: Daniel S, Jaxon C, Xavier M. We are all 3rd graders at Viera Elementary School.

A toads favorite food includes worms, ants, spiders, ,mealworms, crickets and slugs but will also eat anything that will fit in there mouth.

This is a picture of a Cane Toad. This is the animal we chose for our critter cottage.

We are drawing Toads

Now we have a tank for the toad. We filled it with mulch, rocks, and another type of mulch.

this information that we are about to talk about is found at Toads live throughout the world. But they do not live in Antarctica. Toads that live in the desert do not hibernate. But they do cope with the extreme heat in a way that is similar to hibernation. They burrow deep into cool mud, and their bodily functions slow down. This kind of summer sleep is called “estivation.. In hot, dry regions, toads burrow into the ground for protection from the heat. After a heavy rain, they come to the surface in huge numbers to soak up water. The timing of mating season depends upon the species and the area of the country in which the species lives. In northern parts of the United States, toads typically breed once a year, in the spring. In southern regions, toads may breed several times a year. In dry areas such as the Southwest, mating occurs only after enough rain has fallen to collect in pools. Most species belong to the genus Bufo; members of these species spend much of the time on land, generally near water. They generally live in cool, moist places and absorb moisture through the skin. There are about a dozen Bufo species in the United States, among them the common American toad (Bufo americanus), Fowlers toad (B. fowleri), of the E United States, and the red-spotted toad (B. punctatus), of the Southwest. The cane, marine, or giant toad (B. marinus), a large toad native to Central and N South America, was widely introduced in warm regions (Caribbean, Pacific, Australia, and Florida) to control agricultural pests but is now regarded as an invasive species; they compete with and prey on native species. The spadefoot toads, burrowing toads of the family Pelobatid, are represented in the United States by several species of the genus Scopious.

These are our photographs that we want to show of our project.

this is our first photo. We made a toad this is the burrow but we still have the tank

This is our 2nd photograph. It is one of the corners. it has a blue wall.

This is the food zone. We have snakes and toad stickers.

This is some of the habitat but there is the tank and other things we showed you.

our teacher helped us cut cardboard, foam and fake grass. She also helped us tape and glue. Our friend helped us draw.

our construction materials include cardboard, foam, paper, wheels, rope, tape, glue, clay ping pong ball, paint pipe cleaner, staples, rubber bands, and stickers

this is our final project.