What is Natterjack toad?
{{Taxobox | name = Natterjack | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{IUCN2011.1|assessors=Beja, P. ''et al.'' |year=2008|id=54598|title=Epidalea calamita|downloaded=19 August 2011}}</ref> | trend = down | image = BufoCalamita_Sand.jpg | image_width = 250px | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordata]] | classis = [[Amphibia]] | ordo = [[Anura]] | familia = [[Bufonidae]] | genus = '''''Epidalea''''' | genus_authority = [[Edward Drinker Cope|Cope]], 1864 | species = '''''E. calamita''''' | binomial = ''Epidalea calamita'' | binomial_authority = ([[Joseph Nicolai Laurenti|Laurenti]], 1768) }} The '''natterjack toad''' (''Epidalea calamita'', formerly ''Bufo calamita'') is a [[toad]]. They live in the sandy and [[heath (habitat)|heathland]] areas of [[Europe]]. Adults are 60–70&nbsp;mm in length. They are different from other toads because they have a yellow line down the middle of the back. They have relatively short legs. This gives them a distinctive gait, which is different than the hopping movement of many other toad species. Natterjacks have a very loud and distinctive mating call. ==Life history== [[Image:EpidaleaCalamitaVeryYoung.JPG|thumb|left|A very young Natterjack]] [[Image:EpidaleaCalamitaYoung.JPG|thumb|left|A slightly older Natterjack, though still not fully grown]] Natterjacks live for up to 15 years and feed on [[insects]], worms and small [[reptiles]]. At night they move around open land with little vegetation. Their tracks can often be seen in loose sand. They move large distances each night. ===Reproduction=== The Natterjack Toad spawns between the end of April and July. They lay 'strings' of eggs in shallow, warm pools. Because the Natterjack Toad is often present in low numbers, its loud mating calls are important so that the sexes can find each other. For Natterjacks, pools need to have a small slope with little vegetation on the banks and in the water. Sometimes the larvae die when the pools dry out. The Natterjack mates a few times each summer. The a