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Oriental Fire-Bellied Toad

Photo: An oriental fire-bellied toad
When threatened, an oriental fire-bellied toad will arch its back to reveal its bright red underside. The color warns predators, “Eat me, and you might croak.”
Photograph by Zigmund Leszczynski/Animals Animals-Earth Scenes

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